Afghanistan joins Taliban peace talks

A man talks on his mobile phone as he walks past giant portraits of (from right to left) Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Gilani, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, displayed along a road in Islamabad ahead of Karzai and Ahmadinejad's two-day visit to Pakistan, on Wednesday. Faisal Mahmood / Reuters