Top Afghan, Pakistan Officials Hold Talks in Kabul
Peace with the Taliban, trade and security issues top the agenda of President Hamid Karzai’s talks Saturday with high-ranking officials from neighboring Pakistan — a meeting that comes at a time when U.S. relations with both nations are deeply strained.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani, army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and spy chief Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha and other officials flew to Kabul in two Pakistan Air Force planes. The trio of Pakistan’s power elite, which typically do not visit Karzai at the same time, also are to meet with Afghan businessmen and members of the government-appointed peace council.