Afghan President Karzai to visit Pakistan to discuss peace with Taliban


Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures during a joint news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron at the Presidential Palace in Kabul June 29, 2013. REUTERS/Massoud Hossaini/Pool

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai will travel to Pakistan this month in the hope of breathing life into moribund peace process with the Taliban and mending a frayed relationship between the neighbours, Afghan officials said on Monday.

The role of Pakistan is seen as critical to efforts to get the Afghan Taliban to sit down to talks about ending the 12-year war as most foreign troops prepare to pull out of Afghanistan by the end of next year.

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