PM Mosi Made a Suprise Stop in Pakistan

Narendra Modi to meet counterpart Nawaz Sharif in the first visit by an Indian premier to Pakistan in more than a decade The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, has arrived in Pakistan in a surprise stopover to meet his counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, in what is the first visit by an Indian premier to the country in more than a decade.

 Modi and Sharif resumed high-level contacts with a brief conversation at climate change talks in Paris last month, part of efforts to restart a peace dialogue plagued by militant attacks and distrust according to the Guardian

Modi, who inaugurated a new parliament complex built with Indian help in the Afghan capital, Kabul, spoke to Sharif on Friday to wish him a happy 66th birthday. 

Mistrust between India and Pakistan runs deep, and in Afghanistan many believe that Islamabad sponsors the Taliban insurgency to weaken the Kabul government and limit the influence of India.
Pakistan rejects the accusation but it has struggled to turn around perceptions in Afghanistan, where social media users sent out a stream of glowing commentary on Modi’s visit, contrasting the parliament building with the destruction wrought by Taliban suicide bombers.

Nalin Kohli, a spokesman for Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party, said India was ready to take two steps forward if Pakistan took one to improve ties between the countries, which have fought three wars since 1947, two of them over the Himalayan region of Kashmir, which both claim in full but rule in part.