Afghanistan, Pakistan Add Top Security Officials to Taliban Peace Commission

18 April 2011

Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed on Saturday to add top military and intelligence officials to a joint commission seeking peace with the Taliban, a measure they said would improve cooperation and bring peace closer. Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani said he and former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani, who heads Afghanistan's efforts to reach out to the Taliban, would bring security chiefs into the joint commission. The commission was originally set up in January to include foreign ministers from the two countries. 'Today's visit, I believe has been one of the most historical and unprecedented meetings, because all the stakeholders were with us,' Gilani said at a news conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at Karzai's garden palace in Kabul after a fleeting one-day visit. [...] Afghan government officials have frequently accused Pakistan's military and its influential spy agency of trying to derail peace negotiations with Taliban leaders.
Afghanistan, Pakistan upgrade peace efforts, Reuters, 16 April 2011


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