Why Afghanistan doesn't trust Nawaz Sharif

September 13, 2013 22:43

Afghan and Pakistani leaders met for critical talks last month as President Hamid Karzai traveled to Islamabad to sit down with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

It was Karzai's first visit to Pakistan since Sharif, a former two-time prime minister, took the helm of a new civilian government in June. aimed at patching Kabul's frayed relations with Islamabad and seeking the release of senior Taliban prisoners to revive the stalled peace talks.

But the lead up to the meeting did not augur well.Despite considerable optimism in the West that Sharif's return would enable the two countries to turn a new page, Afghans expect very little.

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