Friday, November 29, 2013

Pakistan's Sharif visits Kabul for talks with Karzai --- Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has arrived in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday for talks with President Hamid Karzai. -- High on the agenda will be efforts to revive Afghanistan's peace process before Nato troops withdraw next year. -- Mr Karzai has said he wants Islamabad "to facilitate peace talks" with the Taliban, over whom - he says - Pakistan has a high degree of influence. -- It is believed the Taliban launch attacks from bases inside Pakistan. -- Elements of Pakistan's intelligence service have also been accused of backing the Afghan Taliban, although Islamabad strongly denies this. - More, BBC

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