Pakistan rips 'preposterous' ideas about its role in Afghan talks

ISLAMABAD _ Afghan leaders have not clearly defined what role they wanted Pakistan to play in nascent peace talks with the Afghan Taliban and any expectations that Islamabad could deliver the insurgents' leader to the negotiating table were "preposterous," Pakistan's foreign minister declared Friday. Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar's remarks came after Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari met ...