Afghan leader makes historic Pakistan visit

{Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has arrived for his first state visit to neighbouring Pakistan, seeking to improve ties that are crucial to his hopes of reviving Taliban peace talks.}

Ghani and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif are expected to attend a cricket match between the two countries in Islamabad on Saturday, officials said, in a public demonstration of better relations despite fraught cross-border tensions.

Both nations accuse each other of allowing armed fighters to shelter in the border regions and launch attacks that threaten regional stability.

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