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Pakistan PM Set to Undertake Maiden Visit to Afghanistan

Ayaz Gul

   ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will travel Thursday to
   neighboring Afghanistan for meetings that officials say will focus on
   strengthening economic cooperation and matters related to U.S.-backed
   peace efforts aimed at ending the Afghan conflict.

   Khan, who assumed power two years ago, is undertaking his first
   official visit to Kabul at the invitation of Afghan President Ashraf
   Ghani amid relatively improved relations that have long suffered from
   mutual mistrust and suspicions.

   Officials say a flurry of high-level visits of top government officials
   and lawmakers in the run-up to Khan's maiden trip have helped ease
   tensions and improve economic coordination.

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