Pakistan Army chief asks Kabul to hand over militants accused of Peshawar school attack

• Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif has asked Afghan president Ashraf Ghani to hand over six Taliban militants suspected of taking part in last December's attack on a school in
  Peshawar

• The Pakistan Army appears increasingly to be running the country's foreign policy with regard to Afghanistan

Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif on 17 February asked Afghan president Ashraf Ghani to hand over six Taliban militants suspected of involvement in last December's vicious attack on a school in Pakistan's northern city of Peshawar. The militants were subsequently arrested in Afghanistan.

Gen Sharif's request, according to a senior Pakistani government official, was made during a day-long visit to Kabul, the Afghan capital, where he met with the Afghan president and other senior Afghan civil and military officials.