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Pakistan and Afghanistan hold 'mini-jirga' on violence
Pakistani and Afghan officials and tribal leaders met for talks in Islamabad on Monday to find ways to end mounting Taliban and Al-Qaeda violence along their troubled border.The two-day meeting has been dubbed a "mini-jirga" as it is a smaller follow-up to a traditional "jirga" or tribal meeting held between the two feuding neighbours in August 2007. "Both Afghanistan and Pakistan are faced with terrorism and together they need to face the challenge," Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told the start of the session. The meeting features 50 members -- 25 from each side -- including government officials, representatives of political parties and members of the ethnic Pashtun tribes that straddle the Afghan-Pakistan border. ... Posted by: ed 2008-10-27 |
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