Khar to meet Clinton: More Haqqani 'flak' expected

Sources say the agenda of the meeting has been changed to a narrower attacks on US embassy in Kabul and Haqqani group.

NEW YORK: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar is due to meet Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in New York on Sunday afternoon.

According to diplomatic sources, the agenda of the meeting was originally supposed to be on the subject of putting the strategic dialogue back on track. However, sources told The Express Tribune that the agenda of the meeting is expected to have a narrow focus, with the United States blaming Pakistan for the Kabul attack."

The meeting comes days after a nearly day-long attack near the U.S Embassy and NATO Headquarters in Kabul by terrorists left at least four people dead.

Earlier on Saturday, the Pakistan Ambassador to the US Cameron Munter blamed the Haqqani Network, believed to be based in North Waziristan, for the attack and said that there was evidence linking Pakistan government to the Haqqani Network, which must stop.

The Pakistan delegation meeting Secretary Clinton tomorrow will also include the Pakistan Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani and Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir.