A joint conference of Pakistani and Afghan religious scholars scheduled for early March and aiming to push forward the peace process in Afghanistan will be delayed due to disagreements, officials said Friday.
British Prime Minister David Cameron, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari had agreed during a summit in Britain on February 4 to hold the conference at the beginning of March.
But a top Pakistani cleric doubted the meeting, due to take place in Kabul, would be held as scheduled in the absence of a clear agenda.
I don’t think it will be possible to hold the conference in the first or second week of March, head of Pakistan Ulema Council, Allama Tahir Ashrafi, told a foreign news agency, adding that the Afghan Taliban, who are waging an insurgency in the country, should also be invited to the conference.
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