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Pak-Afghan-US commission on border security postponed

IRNA

Islamabad, Sept 10, IRNA -- The tri-partite commission comprising 
Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States due to meet in Islamabad 
on Wednesday for consultations on border security issues is deferred. 
The subcommittee established by the Commission were to present 
recommendations about the ground verification to address each other`s 
concerns about incidents along the Pak-Afghan border. 
An informed source told IRNA that the commission will meet in two 
weeks and there was no "technical problem" to hinder it. 
"There are unconfirmed news that the Afghan side called for the 
postponement of the meeting as it coincided the ceremonies marking 
martyrdom of the Afghan commander Ahmad Shah Masoud," said the source 
who spoke on the condition of anonymity. 
Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan said Monday the 
commission will review coordination among the three countries in and 
around the border. 
"It will review joint efforts by the three countries against 
terrorism," he told the weekly press briefing. 
The commission met at Bagram, Afghanistan, last month to review 
tension along Pak-Afghan border and decided to establish hot-line 
between Pakistan and Afghanistan. 
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