(Pakistan was one of just three countries which recognized the Taliban regime — the others being Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — and maintained an embassy in Kabul.) Following the 9/11 terror attacks, Pakistan’s former military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, abandoned his country’s closely-built ties with the Taliban movement
<img src="http://image.baidu.com/search/http:%5C/%5C/tong.visitkorea.or.kr%5C/cms%5C/resource%5C/71%5C/610371_image2_1.jpg" alt="清州古印刷博物馆(兴德寺址)4035 793727(.” style=”max-width:440px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px;”>Commenting on a report published earlier today in The New York Times, the Pakistani official confirmed the offer made by General Ashfaq Parvez Kiyani (Pakistan’s army chief of staff) during a visit last month to NATO headquarters in Belgium.
(Left: 강남 마사지 Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kiyani presides at a meeting of top military commanders in Rawalpindi, Pakistan in this October 2009 file photo.)