The Obama administration has reportedly sent a special representative for Pakistan ad Afghanistan as part of diplomatic efforts to break the deadlock in the Afghan reconciliation process.
According to the Express Tribune, the US special representative James Dobbins will meet senior Pakistani officials including Prime Minister's Adviser on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz during his two-day trip to Islamabad.
The report said that Dobbins will discuss ways to revive the Qatar process with Pakistani authorities amid continued impasse which started with much uproar but ended in stalemate due to opposition from the Karzai administration.
A foreign office official said that the Karzai government was impeding the process for 'vested interests' and added that the PM's adviser Sartaj Aziz clearly told the Afghan leadership that Pakistan was in favour of a united Afghanistan and therefore it was not part of any conspiracy or plan to break up the war-torn country.
Diplomatic sources said that apart from discussing current regional situation Dobbins would also finalise the agenda for US Secretary of State John Kerry's forthcoming visit, the report added.