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Zardari attends London summit on Afghanistan

The trilateral summit of Pakistan‚ Afghanistan and Britain is being held in London on Sunday to discuss peace in the region.

President Asif Ali Zardari along with British Prime Minister David Cameron and Afghan President Hamid Karzai will attend the summit.

The three leaders will assess the joint strategy for giving impetus to reconciliation process to ensure long term stability in Afghanistan.

A spokesman of the British Prime Minister said in London that it is for the first time that the political and security establishments from both Afghanistan and Pakistan ‚ with foreign ministers‚ chiefs of army staff‚ chiefs of intelligence and the chief of the Afghan High Peace Council attending the meeting.

Discussions are expected to focus on the Afghan-led peace process and how the Pakistanis and international community can support it.

He said as the deadline for withdrawal of NATO and ISAF forces draws near‚ there is added urgency in the efforts of international community to foster a political settlement between Afghan government and Taliban to keep Afghanistan peaceful and stable.

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