Pakistan, U.S. call for political solution to Afghan conflict

Photo released by Press Information Department (PID) of Pakistan on Sept. 5, 2018 shows Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi (3rd L, Front) attending a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (3rd R, Front) in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday called for the political solution to the Afghan issue and the two sides agreed that "present conditions in Afghanistan were conducive to intensifying efforts for a political settlement," according to a statement from the Foreign Ministry here. (Xinhua/PID)