Afghan, Pakistan presidents meet in Turkey

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ISTANBUL, Nov 1 (AFP): Turkey hosted the presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan Tuesday for a trilateral summit designed to reduce tensions and promote cooperation between the two neighbours amid stepped-up Taliban attacks. Turkish President Abdullah Gul held separate talks with Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and Asif Zardari of Pakistan in an ancient Ottoman palace overlooking the Bosphorus before the three-way talks later Tuesday.The meeting ahead of an international conference on Afghanistan Wednesday in Turkey is the first between the two neighbours since the assassination of the former Afghan leader Burhanuddin Rabbani on September 20.