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Friday, May 20, 2011
Pakistan, US try to repair tiesISLAMABAD: US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Marc Grossman held talks with Pakistan’s civil and military leadership on Thursday, stepping up efforts to smooth over a crisis sparked by the US operation that killed Osama bin Laden.
In the second high-profile American visit to Pakistan in days, the US envoy held talks with President Asif Ali Zardari, Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani and other senior cabinet ministers in Islamabad.
In a brief statement, Islamabad said only that the meeting followed talks with US Senator John Kerry on Monday, which came in the wake of the May 2 raid in Abbottabad. A separate military statement after Thursday’s Grossman-Kayani meeting said “During the meeting the visiting dignitary discussed the future of Pak-US engagement concerning the reconciliation process in Afghanistan.” Michael Morell, deputy director of the CIA, is stated to meet with Inter-Services Intelligence chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha, said officials on the condition of anonymity. agencies
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk