Kabul adds voice to US pressure calls for Pakistan

Kabul adds voice to US pressure calls for Pakistan
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Summary Afghan government says it needs to see Pakistan make tangible progress on peace pledges.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Janan Mosazai told reporters in Kabul on Sunday that although Pakistan had said it would work to get Taliban leaders to the negotiating table, this has not happened.A series of meetings between Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United States has been suspended because of the fallout. Mosazais remarks come a day after President Hamid Karzai said he has given up trying to talk to the Taliban directly and that the key to ending the war is mediation by Pakistan.

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