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Pak Foreign Minister Qureshi to visit Afghanistan on Dec 15

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Press Trust of India Islamabad
Last Updated : Dec 09 2018 | 12:30 PM IST

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will visit Afghanistan on December 15 to hold talks with top Afghan leadership on "political reconciliation and durable peace" in the war-torn country.

Qureshi announced his visit to Kabul after US President Donald Trump sent a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan, seeking Pakistan's help with stuttering Afghan peace talks and support in bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table to end the 17-year brutal war in the country.

Addressing a ceremony in Multan on Saturday, Qureshi said it was the robustness of Pakistan's foreign policy that the US requested for assistance in Afghan issue, Radio Pakistan reported.

He said Pakistan was committed to Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process.

The foreign minister said he will visit Kabul on December 15 to hold talks with "Afghan leadership on political reconciliation and durable peace in Afghanistan."
Pakistan and Afghanistan are trying to improve ties despite lingering suspicions and mistrust about each other.'

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First Published: Dec 09 2018 | 12:30 PM IST

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