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Talks with Kabul on terror concerns under way |
2017-02-26 |
[DAWN] Pakistain and Afghanistan have started negotiating a mechanism for addressing each other’s concerns over terrorism and can strike a deal next week. This was disclosed by Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj PrunefaceAziz ...Adviser to Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on National Security and Foreign Affairs, who believes in goodjihadis and badjihadis as a matter of national policy... at a media briefing on the upcoming Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) summit. "Both sides have said that terrorism is a common enemy and both sides agree that there should be cooperation for dealing with this issue. We are holding discussions for a joint mechanism," he said. Pakistain and Afghanistan have long accused each other of harbouring terrorist sanctuaries, and the issue once again came into limelight after the recent spate of terrorist attacks in Pakistain, which claimed over 100 lives. Pakistain reacted angrily and closed border crossings with Afghanistan, demanded handover of 76 wanted snuffies and shelled terrorist hideouts on the Afghan side of the border. |
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