Pakistan to present list of Taliban open to peace talks

Pakistan will present a list of Taliban willing to negotiate with Kabul at a four-nation meeting this week aimed at reviving the Afghan peace process, an Afghan official said yesterday. Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States are scheduled to meet in Islamabad on Monday to discuss a road map for peace talks. The meeting will not include the Taliban.

Indonesia’s foreign-exchange reserves jump

Bank Indonesia’s foreign-exchange reserves jumped the most since April 2012 last month, giving the central bank more scope to manage the exchange rate in the face of external headwinds. The stockpile grew by USD5.7 billion to $105.9 billion, the monetary authority said in a statement. That came after Bank Indonesia posted the figures on its website earlier on Friday before removing them. The gain is the largest since April 2012 and the first increase following a nine-month run in which the reserves fell 13 percent.

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