Karzai accepted the invitation. 
KABUL: President Pervez Musharraf has invited his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, to visit Islamabad, the state media reported on Saturday, adding that Mr Karzai has accepted the offer. The official Bakhter news agency said Mr Musharraf stressed his country¡¯s active role in fighting terrorism during a telephone conversation with Mr Karzai late on Friday. **Both men expressed a desire for better relations between the two countries, the agency added. **
Afghan President Karzai will be Chief Guest on the Republic Day of Pakistan.
Karzai Arrives In Pakistan On March 22
KABUL, Afghanistan: Mar 05 (PNS)- The Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrives in Islamabad on March 22 in order to **apprise Pakistani authorities of the growing activities of anti-government elements inside Afghan areas bordering with Pakistan.
The Afghan President is expected to participate as Chief Guest in Pakistan Day celebration on March 23, reported Radio Mashed. **
It was also reported the Afghan President will meet various high officials of the Pakistan government including Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali during his visit to the neighboring country.
The matter concerning bilateral interests and expansion in bilateral ties will also come under discussion during his meeting with high dignitaries in Pakistan.
Great news! Karzai may be a puppet, but if he means well for Afghanistan we should certainly support him!
Great why dont we invite the puppet master as well?
Question is: Will he come with UBL in the vicinity and all 
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/international/asia/06OSAM.html
Pakistanis Say Suspect Described Recent Meeting With bin Laden
By RAYMOND BONNER with DAVID JOHNSTON
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 5 — Osama bin Laden was in Pakistan as recently as last month and met there with his chief operational lieutenant, Pakistani security officials said today.
**The officials said material seized on Saturday during the arrest of the lieutenant, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, showed that Mr. Mohammed met with Mr. bin Laden sometime in February, possibly in Rawalpindi, the city adjacent to Islamabad where Mr. Mohammed was discovered on Saturday.
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Hamid Karzai for Pakistani role in Indo-Afghan ties
why pakistan should block the trade when it benefits war ravged
afghans?
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_8-3-2003_pg1_6
Who said we were?
Re: Hamid Karzai for Pakistani role in Indo-Afghan ties
Actually Rvizk Pak has donated $100M to help the Afghans.
Karzai in Pakistan. Security, Afghan Refugees and reconstruction of Afghanistan are main issues.
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Pakistan has recently pledged millions of dollars in aid to Afghanistan.
Karzai starts ‘landmark’ Pakistan visit
Afghan leader Hamid Karzai is starting a two-day visit to Pakistan to discuss regional security issues and Islamabad’s role in the reconstruction of Afghanistan.
Mr Karzai is due to meet his counterpart, General Pervez Musharraf, as well as the Pakistani Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali.
Islamabad is calling this a landmark visit, saying that it comes against a backdrop of clear, demonstrative Pakistani support.
Diplomatic relations between Islamabad and President Karzai’s government have been improving, but suspicions remain.
While Pakistan backed the former Taleban regime, a number of senior Afghan officials fought against it.
These days, the talk is of friendship and collaboration.
There are already significant trade and business ties between the two neighbours.
**Afghan bazaars are full of imports from Pakistan; brightly-painted Pakistani trucks are a common sight on Afghan roads. **
Islamabad has offered to help Afghanistan rebuild itself.
It has announced that special facilities are being set up at the port city of Karachi.
**One issue that is yet to be resolved is the presence of some 1.5 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan. **
Security is another important topic.
Both countries are helping the United States in its hunt for remnants of the Taleban and al-Qaeda in their remote border regions.
Honestly PT... with u here, we don't need to spend time reading Pak newspapers. Its all here. On GUPSHUP. :)
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Honestly PT... with u here, we don't need to spend time reading Pak newspapers. Its all here. On GUPSHUP. :)
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I second that! yara, your like our Information minister :) Keep up the excellent job.
No problem, guys.
Anyway, Karzai has postponed Pakistan visit due to Iraq War. Karzai was a Guest of Honor on Pakistan Day. March 23 Parade Day has been called off due to Iraq War reason.
The trip will now be rescheduled, accordin’ to President Karazai spokesman, Fazal Akbar.
Afghan President Karzai will visit Pakistan next week.
Afghan president’s postponed visit to Pakistan due next week
KABUL, April 16 (Xinhuanet) – Afghan president Hamid Karzai will pay a state visit to Pakistan next week for expanding relations between the two South Asian neighbors, Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah announced here Wednesday.
**Different aspects of bilateral relations and regional issues will be discussed between the two sides during the one-day presidential visit on April 22, Abdullah, who will accompany Karzai on the trip, told a press conference.
Border security would be one of the main topics which Karzai and his Pakistani counterpart Pervez Musharraf are expected to talk about during their meeting, he added.
Karzai’s Pakistan visit, earlier scheduled for March 22, was postponed at last minute due to security concerns raised in both countries when the US-led war against Iraq broke out. **
“Of course, in the upcoming visit (to Pakistan), one of the issues to be discussed specifically will be the security issue, security concerns of the Afghan government,” he said.
**“We hope that with the cooperative and friendly relations that have been established between the two countries, those concerns will be addressed, and joint steps will be taken to prevent security incidents in the future.” **
Re: Hamid Karzai for Pakistani role in Indo-Afghan ties
We need to block it because Afganistan is our neighbor not India’s. We don’t want India cooking something against us in Afganistan like before.
What India wants to trade with Afghanistan, we can do it!
On top of that, free Kashmir first, then talk of good relations!
President Karzai in Pakistan. Border situation, trade, airline, business and cultural links were main points of the discussion between the Presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Karzai speaks out against Saddam, thanks Pakistan for releasing Afghan prisoners, and says Pakistani prisoners to be released soon.
On India and Pakistan, Karzai remained wishful and sought difference should be resolved, supports UN resolutions.
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Prime Minister Jamali and President Karzai.
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**President Pervez Musharraf hold talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai **
Karzai rejects talk of rift with Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday played down recent clashes along the Pakistani border as well as talk of a rift over support for Taliban remnants, and vowed that ties between the two nations remain close.
Karzai was addressing a joint news conference with Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali during a state visit to Pakistan. “Things like that are bound to occur between people at all times,” Karzai said, when asked about the border clashes. “It is not something we have taken seriously, it is not something we have noticed. I did not even raise it with Prime Minister Jamali.”
Karzai arrived on Tuesday for a two-day official visit. Foreign Minister, Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri and Minister for Water and Power, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, who is also the minister-in-waiting, received him at the PAF Base Chaklala. Karzai was then driven to the President House for the formal welcoming ceremony.
Karzai said Pakistan’s government had assured him of its full cooperation in the hunt for former leaders of the Taliban. “Pakistan is a brother of ours and as a brother Pakistan would do all to help Afghanistan attain the best levels of safety and security,” :k: he said. “That sort of assurance I have from the government of Pakistan.”
He clarified that there were common Taliban who were Afghans and could live where they like, in Pakistan or Afghanistan. There were only few Taliban, known for their crimes against Afghanistan and humanity, he said, adding he was confident that Pakistan would continue to help in this regard.
Karzai said he had discussed expanding trade, airline, business and cultural links between the two countries, as well as some issues he could not mention. He said Afghanistan would soon release hundreds of Pakistani prisoners captured fighting alongside the Taliban in late 2001. He said the process had been held up after an initial batch of 135 were released this year, when about 15 of them vowed to return to Afghanistan and fight against the government. But vetting of the remaining prisoners would begin soon. “All of the prisoners will be released and the process has already begun,” he said.
Earlier, Karzai and Jamali held talks on combating still-active Taliban extremists, amid claims that the extremists are finding sanctuary in Pakistan and tensions over alleged border incursions.
Karzai spent an hour in talks with Jamali immediately after flying to Islamabad with a top-level delegation comprising five ministers including Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, the national security advisor and the governors of Nangarhar and Kandahar provinces.
The meeting also agreed to expand and further strengthen their relations in wide ranging fields including trade, banking, commerce and culture. The two sides discussed extending cooperation in the fight against international terrorism.
The two leaders described the talks as “very cordial and fruitful” at the joint press conference. “We had a fruitful discussion on further expanding of relations between the two countries covering all walks of life,” Karzai said. “Pakistan and Afghanistan only have a bright future in front of them,” Karzai said. He referred to the strong historical ties between the two nations, when Pakistan supported the Afghan war against the former USSR.
Pakistan, he said, was also instrumental by deciding not to back the Taliban to bring peace and security to Afghanistan. He said he saw a “tremendous willingness in Pakistan for stronger relations” with Afghanistan. The volume of trade, he said, was very much on the increase.
Quoting Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz, Karzai said in the past nine months exports from Pakistan to Afghanistan amounted to 220 million dollars while those from Afghanistan to Pakistan were 35 million dollars.
Regarding Pakistan-India relations, President Karzai said, “Afghanistan wants close friendly relations between India and Pakistan and wants its people to live in prosperity and happiness.” He said, **“we support UN resolutions” ** in seeking an end to the differences between the two countries.
About attacks on US forces by anti-government elements in Afghanistan, Karzai said the US and the allied forces were in Afghanistan to fight terrorism as a consequence to September 11 events.
He said they were in touch with the United States, Pakistan and other countries as far back as 1996 to free Afghanistan from the menace of terrorism and as such there arrival and presence in Afghanistan was not sudden. The Afghan president made it clear that any attack on these forces would be considered an act of terrorism against the people of Afghanistan.
Giving position of his government on the Iraq crisis, President Karzai stated they considered Saddam Hussein an oppressor of the Iraqi people who waged war against two Islamic neighbours - Iran and Kuwait. **“We made it clear Saddam Hussein was an oppressor of the Iraqi people. He waged wars against two neighbours, Iran and Kuwait,” ** Karzai said, explaining why his Islamic nation was a rare voice in the Muslim world to support the US and British assault on Iraq. But Karzai said Iraqi people have to regain control of their homeland. “We want them to have a government of their choice,” said Karzai.
What a waste of time.