Pakistan wants to settle row with Afghanistan
Says Pak PM
Afp, New Delhi
Pakistan's Prime Minister called yesterday for more talks with Afghanistan to settle differences between the two neighbours after Kabul accused Islamabad of harbouring the Taliban leader. "This merely says that we need to engage more and communicate more," Shaukat Aziz told a press conference. He said he expected to meet President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday during the summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc), which opened in the Indian capital on Tuesday. "On the sidelines, we will be talking to each other. We believe that dialogue, discussion interaction... when you are neighbours you have to learn to live together." Karzai accused Pakistan's intelligence agencies of sheltering the fugitive Mullah Mohammad Omar. In an interview published Sunday, he said Omar, who has been on the run since being toppled by a US-led coalition five years ago, was hiding in the Pakistani city of Quetta.
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Indian Prime Minister and incoming Chairman of Saarc Manmohan Singh (L) walks past Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz during the opening session of the 14th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) Summit in New Delhi yesterday. PHOTO: AFP |
