ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has accepted President Hamid Karzai’s invitation to visit Afghanistan.
According to sources in the Prime Minister’s House, the Afghan president called Mr Gilani and formally invited him to visit Kabul at an early date.
It will be Mr Gilani’s first official visit to the war-torn country.
The prime minister recently said that Pakistan could play a key role in Afghan peace talks with the Taliban.
Mr Karzai, according to officials, said he would like to discuss with the prime minister the whole gamut of issues, including the war on terror and bilateral relations.
The prime minister accepted the invitation and said that high-level contacts would help bring the two countries closer and strengthen their efforts in the fight against terrorism.
The two leaders decided that foreign ministries of the two countries would coordinate to agree on a mutually-accepted timeframe for the visit.
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