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A prominent US newspaper has claimed that Afghanistan and Pakistan are working to make peace with insurgents fighting U.S. troops in Afghanistan, including the Haqqani group.According to Washington Post, relations between the countries reflect the beginnings of a thaw in relations between Kabul and Islamabad, which are increasingly focused on shaping the aftermath of what they fear could be a more abrupt withdrawal of U.S. troops than is now anticipated. The authorities are considering of enhancing relations with the militia headed by the young commander Sirajuddin Haqqani who is considered Al-Qaeda-linked group by US. Obama administration officials have cautioned Afghanistan and Pakistan that they will not support talks with Haqqani's militia. In a recent meeting with Pakistan's army chief, U.S. Gen. David H. Petraeus, the head of Central Command; Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mike Mullen; and Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, presented evidence that deadly attacks in Afghanistan last month on a NATO convoy and the main coalition air base were commanded and controlled by Haqqani from Miram Shah, the largest city in North Waziristan.
