(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Preliminary peace talks between the Pakistani government and the Taliban are due to get under way in the capital, Islamabad, later on Tuesday.



At their first meeting, negotiators nominated by the government and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) are to chart a "roadmap" for dialogue, the (BBC) reporte



The militants have been waging an insurgency since 200



Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced last week that the peace talks would go ahead, despite a spate of attack



In January more than 100 people, including many soldiers, died in Taliban attacks across the country.