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Pakistan's President invites former King to Islamabad
Pakistan's President, Pervez Musharraf, has invited former Afghan King, Mohammad Zahir Shah, to send an emissary to Islamabad as soon as possible to discuss a post-Taliban government.
President Musharraf reportedly believes the King has a role to play in helping form a unified government in Afghanistan should the Taliban regime fall.
The Pakistani President is anxious that emissary visits Islamabad as quickly as possible.
The Aghan King, who has lived in exile in Rome since being overthrown in 1973, has over the past week discussed with Afghan opposition leaders plans for a new, broad-based government to replace the hardline Taliban.
Pakistan is the only government that still recognises the Taliban, which the United States has targeted for protecting Osama bin Laden, the Saudi-born militant accused of masterminding the terrorist attacks in the United States .
3/10/01 22:10:37 | ABC Radio Australia News
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