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The two leaders vowed to work for a "stable" Afghanistan. "We are both interested in a stable and secure Afghanistan and a stable and secure region," Obama told reporters in words echoed by Gilani.
"We are constantly in a bilateral discussion with the Pakistanis about our counter-terrorism operations," said deputy US national security advisor Ben Rhodes.
"Frankly, we have seen significant success in those counter-terrorism operations because United States and Pakistani cooperation has enabled the devastation really of the Al-Qaeda leadership in that part of the world.
"That will certainly be a part of the agenda... in the bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Gilani."
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2012