ISLAMABAD - Pakistan says the head of the Afghan council for peace talks with the Taliban will visit Islamabad to discuss reconciliation efforts.

Pakistan's Foreign Office said Sunday that Salahuddin Rabbani will lead the three days of talks starting Monday with Pakistani political and military leaders.

Kabul set up the Afghanistan High Peace Council in 2010 to negotiate an end to the decade-long war. The U.S. and its NATO allies plan to withdraw from Afghanistan in 2014.

Rabbani was named the council chief after his predecessor, his father Burhanuddin Rabbani, was assassinated in Sept. 2011. The killing stalled the peace efforts.

Many of the Taliban's leaders fled to Pakistan after the 2001 U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, and Islamabad is viewed as a key player in any negotiated end to the conflict. (AP)