The agreement between the two countries covers the exchange of information in matters concerning their security. They will also deny refuge to people involved in subversive and terrorist activities, the ministry said in a statement.

In a bid to strengthen ties, politicians, academics and lawmakers are to travel to the neighbouring country more frequently.

The agreement was reached during talks on Friday between Afghanistan's junior foreign minister Mohammad Kabir Farahi, Pakistani foreign ministry official Riaz Mohammed Khan and Turkey's junior foreign minister Ertugrul Apakan.

Their talks came after the presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan, Hamid Karzai and Pervez Musharraf, met in Ankara in April.

Officials from the two countries are to meet again in Istanbul shortly.

Relations between Islamabad and Kabul, both US allies in the restive region, have become strained over the past years amid accusations that Pakistan was not doing enough to fight the al-Qaeda-backed Taliban.

Taliban fighters launched an insurgency soon after being driven from power in Afghanistan in 2001 in an invasion led by the United States following the September 11 attacks.