Pakistan, Iran to attend 12-nation talks on Afghanistan

Nafees Zakaria said the extraordinary conference, on devising ways to end the conflict in the war-torn country, is a follow-up to earlier meetings hosted by Russia on Afghanistan.

The meeting will be attended by twelve countries, including host Russia, Pakistan, China, Iran, India and several Central Asian states.

The spokesperson said Pakistan is committed to bring peace and stability to Afghanistan and will participate in all efforts for peace in the war torn country. He said a peaceful and stable Afghanistan is in Pakistan's best interest.

Nafees Zakaria reiterated that Pakistan believes in an Afghan-led peace and reconciliation process bringing all stockholders to the negotiating table.

Earlier in February this year, Moscow hosted six-party talks including Russia, China, Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan and India to help peace and stability in Afghanistan.

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