Pakistan wants to be party in Afghan-Taliban talks

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani wants his nation to be a party to any Afghan-Taliban talks.

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has warned that any renewed Afghan efforts to make peace with the Taliban will fail without Pakistan's help.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has confirmed his government has been holding talks with the Taliban for some time.
Pakistan's prime minister is refusing to say whether he supports the move, saying that President Karzai needs to share his
roadmap for peace with Pakistan before he could comment on its worth.
Last week, media reports suggested that secret talks were believed to involve the Afghan government and representatives authorised by the Quetta Shura, the Afghan Taliban group based in Pakistan, and Taliban leader Mullah Omar.
And on Sunday, Afghanistan's former president, Burhanuddin Rabbani, was elected chairman of a new peace council, a brainchild of Mr Karzai, set up to broker an end to the war with the Taliban.

The peace council is intended to open a dialogue with insurgents who have been trying to bring down Mr Karzai's government since the US-led invasion overthrew their regime in late 2001.
The 68-member council, hand-picked by Mr Karzai, was set up following a nationwide conference in June and was inaugurated last Thursday amid mounting reports of secret peace talks with Taliban leaders and key insurgent groups.