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Aides travelling with Clinton deny Pakistan's absence would undermine the conference.

Absence of Pakistan, Taliban cast the meeting’s usefulness into doubt.

"If we lose this fight, we are threatened with a return to situation like that before September 11, 2001" says Karzai.

Clinton calls Gilani in a last ditch attempt to get Pakistan to attend the Bonn Conference on Afghanistan.

Former president says Pakistan should take action but avoid military confrontation

Afghan president calls for world support beyond 2014.

Bonn conference may be US dominated but is a forum where Pakistan needs to put forward its ideas on Afghanistan.

Pakistan was expected to have moral high ground at Bonn, standing better chance of pushing its proposals on peace.

Senate passes a unanimous resolution condemning the Nato attack.

Wisdom demands that we challenge the US realistically, compel it to make amends to the benefit of Pakistan.