DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: New Pakistan Outreach Could Aid Afghan Peace Deal
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 28, 2012: In this Aug. 5, 2012 file photo, Pakistani Taliban patrol in their stronghold of Shawal in the Pakistani tribal region of South Waziristan.
Pakistan has stepped up outreach to some of its biggest enemies in Afghanistan, a significant policy shift that could prove crucial to U.S.-backed efforts to strike a peace deal in the war-torn country.
The target of the diplomatic push has mainly been non-Pashtun political leaders who have been at odds with Pakistan for years because of the country's historical support for the Afghan Taliban, a Pashtun movement.
(AP Photo/ Ishtiaq Mahsud, File)
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