Pakistan will do all it can against 'terrorism': PM
Afp, Kabul
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said here yesterday his nation was doing all it could to fight "extremism and terrorism" and would work with Afghanistan to solve these common challenges. This includes a "peace jirga (tribal council)" due in August to bring together hundreds of people from both sides of the border to address the growing Taliban-led insurgency that sees most attacks along the frontier. Aziz, on a one-day visit, met President Hamid Karzai for talks that the leaders said touched on outstanding differences around the jirga: reluctance in Pakistan for women to attend or for a third country to act as an "umpire." Pakistan will discuss these points further, the prime minister said. "Pakistan is doing all it can to ensure that extremism and terrorism must be fought in any form," Aziz told reporters after the meeting at the presidential palace.
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Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz (L) addresses a news conference as Afghan President Hamid Karzai looks on at the Presidential Palace in Kabul yesterday. Leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan said "terrorism" could be fought only with joint efforts from both countries as they discussed upcoming country level peace talks. PHOTO: AFP |
