Pakistan, July 25 -- Pakistan is exploring a path towards a resumption of stalled US-Iran talks over ending their nearly five-month-old war, three Pakistani sources said, following a push initiated by China.

Exploratory discussions took place during a visit by Iran's Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni to Islamabad this week - his second within the last 10 days, the sources said.

Momeni, who is considered close to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, met Pakistani government leaders and Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir this week, according to Pakistani government statements.

All three sources cautioned that the obstacles to any talks with the US remain high.

Pakistan has found itself in an incre...