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Zardari cancels visit to Afghanistan due to bad weather
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-12-19 15:46

KABUL -- Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari suspended his visit to Afghanistan on Friday due to bad weather, Afghan Presidential Palace said.

"President Zardari canceled the flight because of cloudy weather today," a spokesman in Presidential Palace told reporters waiting there.  

He did not give any information about when his next visit is scheduled.

Zardari is expected to meet with his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai and other high ranking government officials during his first visit to Afghanistan since taking office.

Zardari and Karzai, according to Pakistan officials, will discuss ways to jointly combat terrorism, which poses a common threat to the peace and security of both states.