An Afghan delegation, led by deputy Foreign Minister Jawed Ludin arrived here Friday to pick the thread on two accounts — track of Al-Qaeda leadership and two-way negotiations with Afghan Talebans in greater search for peace and reconciliation.

Jawed Ludin will hold talks with Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir.

Foreign Office said, "The Afghan delegation would like to know if Pakistan has made any headway in reaching out to the Afghan Taleban." Jawed Ludin will lead the delegation in the talks while Bashir will head the Pakistani team.

The two sides will meet to prepare the agenda for a meeting scheduled between Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and Afghan President Hamid Karzai next month in Kabul, officials said.

Afghanistan and Pakistan had formed a two-tier commission in April when Gilani flew to Kabul to persuade the Taleban leadership to join the reconciliation process. But Pakistani and Afghan officials now admit that the reconciliation process has stalled since the commission was set up to bring Taleban to the negotiating table.

Frustration is also high in Kabul as the High Peace Council in Afghanistan has also failed to make any progress toward reconciliation, the council’s chief Prof. Burhanuddin Rabbani admitted in an interaction with the media in Kabul.

When Jawed Ludin came to Islamabad in early August for talks with senior Pakistani and US officials he said he had come to urge immediate steps for peace talks and ending the bloodshed. "My message today was to convey a sense of urgency," Jawed Ludin had told reporters when he appeared before the media along with US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman and the foreign secretary. The US envoy had also attached significant importance to Pakistan's support for the Afghan peace process. Pakistan had pledged its support, but so far there is no progress to report.

Both sides will also discuss mutual cooperation, disclosed an official. Afghanistan believes that the recent tension between Pakistan and the US has negatively impacted the reconciliation process in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan would also seek access to Taleban leaders captured by Pakistan, including Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, said an Afghan diplomat. Baradar was nabbed by Pakistani forces from Karachi in 2010. Pakistan had given the US access to Baradar, but Pakistan has so far not allowed Afghan officials to meet the No.2 Taleban leader, say Afghan sources. "We want access to Taleban leaders," said the Afghan official. "This could help take the peace process forward.”