28-11-2024 10:36 AM Jerusalem Timing

Pakistan, Afghanistan to Hold Talks on Peace

Pakistan, Afghanistan to Hold Talks on Peace

Islamabad and Kabul will hold three days of talks on achieving peace in Afghanistan this week

Islamabad and Kabul will hold three days of talks on achieving peace in Afghanistan this week, Pakistan's foreign ministry said on Sunday.   
  
A delegation of Afghanistan's High Peace Council, led by chairman Salahuddin Rabbani, will arrive in Islamabad on Monday, to meet President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, and to hold talks with the foreign minister and Pakistan's military.
  
"Mr. Rabbani was invited by foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar to visit Pakistan to hold talks with the relevant authorities with regard to peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan," a foreign ministry statement said.

Relations between the neighbors are often tense and Kabul has accused Pakistan of supporting Taliban ‘Islamists’ in their 11-year insurgency against the Western-backed government of President Hamid Karzai.
  
Pakistan has always rejected the accusations, saying it is committed to fighting the Taliban and is actively targeting militants.