Krishna, Qureshi meet at lunch in Kabul

Kabul, Nov 19 (PTI) Indian Foreign Minister S M Krishna
cameface to face with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood
Qureshi Thursday at a luncheon here after Hamid Karzai was
sworn-in as Afghanistan President for a second term.

Krishna and Qureshi were seated next to each other at the
luncheon hosted by Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar
Spanta, also attended by US Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton.
The two are here to attend the swearing in ceremony of
Karzai, who was administered the oath of office for a second
five-year Presidential term Thursday.
Krishna and Qureshi had earlier met on September 27 on
the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New
York with progress on the Mumbai attacks case as the focus of
their discussion.
Krishna had told Qureshi that India was concerned over
the terror threat still emanating from Pakistan's soil.
Karzai's swearing in was held at a grand ceremony at the
heavily-fortified Presidential Palace in the presence of 800
guests, with the Afghan President vowing to form a national
unity government following a controversial poll marred by
allegations of fraud. PTI SKU