"Stabilizing Afghanistan without Pakistan would be very difficult"

KABUL - President Hamid Karzai will discuss with his Pakistani counterpart to discuss the role of his country at the Bonn conference scheduled for December 5.
According to media reports, Pakistan is reconsidering whether to attend the gathering following a lethal airstrike carried out by NATO that killed 25 Pakistani soldiers.

A spokesman for the Afghan president said Pakistan's participation in the conference, which will discuss Afghanistan's future after 2014, is crucial.

"Stabilizing Afghanistan without Pakistan would be very difficult," Hamid Elmi, the spokesman, said. "The president will discuss this with his Pakistani counterpart and will invite him to the conference."