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              Karzai to Visit Pakistan for Talks on Peace Process

   Afghan President Hamid Karzai travels to Pakistan Monday where he will
   meet with Pakistan`s newly elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
   Mr. Karzai is expected to seek Pakistan`s help in arranging talks
   between Afghan negotiators and Taliban representatives.
   Afghan leaders have long alleged that neighboring Pakistan shelters top
   Taliban commanders and that the country`s spy agency, ISI, helps the
   insurgents plan cross-border attacks on local and U.S.-led coalition
   forces. Pakistan denies the allegations.
   Kabul`s ambassador in Islamabad (Mohammad Umer Daudzai) has said while
   Afghanistan and Pakistan have failed to make any progress in the "whole
   security department," the two countries have strengthened ties in other
   areas.
   Pakistan`s Foreign Ministry spokesman (Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry) says
   President Karzai`s visit is a symbol of how the leadership of both
   countries want to further improve relations.
   Officials in Kabul say that in his talks with Pakistani leaders,
   President Karzai will also repeat his demand that Islamabad release all
   Afghan prisoners from its jails, including Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar,
   a former deputy commander of the Taliban.
   The insurgent leader was believed to be independently attempting to
   engage in peace talks with Afghan authorities, but his actions
   apparently upset Pakistani officials and he was detained while
   traveling through Pakistan in 2010.
   Pakistan says it helped more than two dozen Taliban representatives
   travel to Qatar to open a political office in June as part of a U.S.
   peace plan to give the insurgency an address where they can engage in
   talks.
   But the fanfare surrounding the opening ceremony and a proposed direct
   meeting between the Taliban and American officials upset President
   Karzai and provoked him to boycott the peace process.
   Afghan authorities are now demanding Pakistan use the same influence to
   facilitate a direct meeting between Taliban representatives and members
   of the Afghan Peace Council, saying the venue of the talks is
   immaterial for them.
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