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  • Dec 9th, 2006
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Pakistan and Afghanistan on Friday decided to extend mutual co-operation to fight terrorism and agreed to work on the common objective to promote peace, security and prosperity in the region.

According to a joint declaration after formal talks between Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri and his Afghan counterpart Dr Rangin Dadfar Spanta in Kabul, it was decided that Pakistan will work out mechanism to interact with the Afghan Commission, appointed by President Hamid Karzai to promote peace and security in the area.

Both foreign ministers expressed the hope that the process would build up mutual trust and lead both the nations therefore, the entire region, towards security, peace, social and economic prosperity.

Pakistan and Afghanistan also emphasised on the need to hold peace jirgas (Jirgahaye Amnn) proposed and agreed during the last trilateral meeting in Washington that also included the US president.

Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri, who visited Kabul on December 7 and 8 Dadfar also called on President Hamid Karzai. The visit was within the proposed Quarterly Meeting Framework where bilateral subjects, regional economic co-operation and matters related to Afghan refugees were also discussed. In the perspective of historical linkage between Central Asia and South Asia, both the countries agreed to strengthen bilateral and regional co-operation.

Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2006


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