Turkey to host Afghanistan-Pakistan summit
The assassination attempt on National Directorate of Security (NDS) chief Asadullah Khalid was carried out Thursday by an attacker who claimed to be a Taliban peace envoy but had a bomb hidden in his underwear.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai did not directly blame Pakistan for the attack but said the Taliban alone would not have been able to carry out the bombing and that "bigger hands were involved".
The Pakistani foreign ministry rejected the claim and said it was ready to help investigate what it called a criminal act.
Turkish President Abdullah Gul, his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari and Karzai will discuss "means of strengthening bilateral cooperation between Pakistan and Afghanistan, especially at the security level," a high-ranking Turkish diplomat told AFP Sunday.
The summit in Ankara will be the sixth in Turkey, a Nato member, since the regular consultation mechanism was established in 2007 to encourage both countries to cooperate against extremism.
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They both no guts or brain to watch interest of their own respective countries,every time third parties(Turkey,KSA,UAE,Germany etc) dedicates against all ground realities.Their personal businesses are flourishing in USA/NATO countries so they are morally down to watch national interest.
I think the Turks are foolish to try and walk tall on the international stage. If I were a Turk I would avoid getting involved in Pak-Afghan politics. Do the Turk really wan to risk importing the sectarian hate politics into their own country. They already have problems with the Kurds and conservative Islamist movements. Pakistan and Afghanistan should be precautionary lessons to the Turks of avoiding religion in politics.
@nand AF is not on our hate list, you need to watch some channels other then Indian :)
The twin brothers can't hold talks in either of the country ??
India, USA, Isreal, Afghanstan and next will be Turkey on Pakistan's hate list country.
In order for Turkish leadership to maintain their credibility in the global community its about time they should call a spade a spade.
The continued dialogue between the political leadership is laudable, however it is regrettable that despite five such meetings in the past no major breakthrough has occurred in Af-Pak relations. Except the release of low level Taliban leaders following the visit of the head of the Afghan Peace Council, Pakistan has hardly given any serious thought to Afghan demands. The assassination attempt on the Top Afghan Spy, Mr. Khaled has further dealt a serious blow to bilateral relations as it could potentially discourage chances of ending the present conflict through non-violent means.Afghan suspicions of Pakistani involvement in assassination attempt are valid as most of the Taliban who are negotiating with the Afghan gov and the US are based in Pakistan. So when the Afghan quest for peace is manipulated, and suicide-bombers are sent in the guise of peace-maker, could that peace be established. Despite these subversive effort, both sides need to act maturely. If Pakistan denies any involvement, it should honestly cooperate in the Afghan investigation and put an end to use of its soil against Afghanistan. Afghan gov also need to further strengthen the process of reconciliation and dialogue.
@Muhammad: Surely the Turks, Afghans and the Americans must have taken your permission before planning the summit ?
Can these talks happen after the election? I don't want Zardari and his administration speaking on Pakistan's behalf anymore, then again, Karzai isn't any better...
from islamabad to kabul via ankara? who does that?