PESHAWAR/KABUL (Pajhwok): Pakistani and Afghan delegations met on Monday in the first senior-level talks on reducing tensions at the Torkham border crossing, officials said.
A six-member Afghan delegation, led by Deputy Foreign Minister Hikmat Khalil Karzai, was accorded a warm welcome upon its arrival in Islamabad for the meeting.
Foreign Office spokesman Nafees Zakaria said the Pakistani side was being led by Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry."Talks have started in a cordial atmosphere," the spokesman added.
All aspects of border issuewould . . .
