NEW YORK, Sep 19 (INP): Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua met US Under Secretary of State Tom Shannon on Monday and stressed intra-Afghan dialogue is vital for bringing lasting peace to the country and the region, said a statement from the Embassy of Pakistan in the US. The meeting was the first senior officials level contact between Pakistan and the United States since President Trump announced the Afghan and South Asia policy in which he targeted Pakistan. The foreign minister cancelled a trip to the US for talks with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Islamabad also rejected a planned visit to Pakistan by the senior US official dealing with the Pakistan-Afghanistan region, Alice Wells. INP/AH