KABUL - Pakistani foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said the Afghan conflict should be resolved politically for a durable peace in the region.
Khar told a joint press conference with her Russian counterpart in Moscow on Wednesday that Pakistan had a clear policy of extending full help and cooperation to any Afghan-led, Afghan-owned and Afghan-driven peace initiative as only that could lead to a lasting solution to the problem.

Khar is visiting the Russian Federation at the invitation of her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov from Feb 7 to 10. She held in-depth talks with Lavrov on expanding and diversifying Pakistan-Russia relations.

On a fence-mending visit to Kabul earlier this month, Khar said Pakistan was not following a hidden agenda in the conflict-torn country, saying Islamabad would lend its weight to the reconciliation program as long as it was spearheaded by Afghans.