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Vice President J.D. Vance is leading a U.S. Delegation in Pakistan today
for high-level talks aimed at ending the war in Iran.
The negotiations are expected to focus on stabilizing a fragile ceasefire
that was reached between Washington and Tehran earlier this week.
Betsy Joles reports from Islamabad.
Journalists have been corralled into the city's convention center,
waiting for any news about how exactly these talks will look.
The details of the meeting between the U.S.
And Iran have been kept under close wraps.
Even their exact timing remains in question.
People I spoke to were mostly surprised that Pakistan managed to pull this off.
Here's 19-year-old Kisra Zaheer.
They listen to Pakistan?
Pakistan's prime minister called the talks, quote, make or break for whether a fragile ceasefire will hold.
That's after the country's leaders wrangled behind the scenes and then publicly for weeks to make them happen.
For NPR News, I'm Betsy Jules in Islamabad.
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