Pakistan wants Afghanistan share intelligence on suspects
IRNA
Islamabad, Nov 17, IRNA - Pakistan on Monday called for coordination and intelligence sharing with Afghanistan, saying the two countries are allies, friends and neighbors and engaged together in the war on terrorism. Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan was commenting on statements by Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah in Washington, that Pakistan is allowing Taliban to re-group and supplying them with weapons. "There are so many problems inside Afghanistan including warlordism, factional fighting and narcotics and very weak monitoring of Pak-Afghan border from the Afghan side," Spokesman Khan said. He said the Afghan Foreign Minister had leveled acquisitions against Pakistan in the United States but later moderated his tone after his meeting with the US Secretary of State Colin Powell. "Pakistan`s actions to check crossing of border illegally from Afghanistan have produced results," he said rejecting allegations by Kabul that Islamabad was not fully cooperating. He said Pakistan has deployed more than seventy thousand troops on its side of the border and has a very mobile and vigilant intelligence. TK/TSH/211 End
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