Bonn, Dec 5 (ANI): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Bonn on Sunday for international talks aimed at charting a course for Afghanistan after NATO combat troops withdraw in 2014, even as her aides played down a boycott by Pakistan.
"I don't think it (the boycott) will impact the conclusions of the conference in any way," The Express Tribune quoted a senior State Department official, as saying.
"We're all anticipating they (the Pakistanis) will continue to play an important role moving forward. I wouldn't read too much into their non appearance tomorrow (Monday)," the official added.
Clinton will meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai and other Afghan officials at the conference, which is also aimed at ensuring the continuation of international financial and technical support to Kabul after the withdrawal of the US and NATI troops.
US President Barack Obama made his last try by calling his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari and conveying that the recent NATO attack that killed 24 soldiers in the Asia country was "not deliberate", and vowed that a "full investigation" would be carried out to understand the root cause of the tragedy.
However, this seems to have had not much impact of Pakistan's decision of boycotting the Bonn Conference. (ANI)
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