then theueio oow to get commitments from the international community to assist afghanistan, even after the tros thaw i20. the third part is how to achieve reconciliation among the rival factions in afghanistan after theorgnros ve lt. now the german and afghan foreign ministers published a joint editorial in a german par o friday saying the conference should set a cornerstone for the political system in afghanistan afterhe taliban era has come to an end. but no one sees that era on the horizon. >> how serious alo iit that pakistan is not taking part? >> everyone agrees that pakistan will play an important rolen afghanistan's future. in the a determining role to some degree. there are different views however on what it means that pakistan is bcoin this conference. some feel it will deal a serious blow to the conference, undermine it complety indeed. others say the conference is doomed to failure it anyway because the taliban as represented here. it is not car t cfenc would be better off if pakistan were here. >> all right, that is our political correspondent the fo a now to talk steel. >