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From: Abe Rein (ARein@sorosny.org)
Date: Fri Apr 18 2003 - 15:40:26 EDT
...AND AFGHAN BORDER GUARDS CLASH WITH PAKISTANI FIGHTERS
Interior Minister Jalali also said that in a third incident, fighting
broke out on 16 April between Afghan border guards and Pakistani
militiamen who penetrated 5 kilometers across the border into
Afghanistan's southeastern Khost Province, AFP reported the next day. No
casualties were reported. The Afghanistan-Pakistan border remains a
matter of dispute in many areas and is a longstanding problem in the
countries' relations. Moreover, suspected Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants
are believed to be hiding in Pakistan and launching attacks from across
the border into Afghanistan. During a 17 April meeting with the visiting
U.S. presidential envoy to Afghanistan and Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad,
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri said Pakistan will
work to prevent terrorists from operating from its territory, according
to AFP. Cross-border security will be on the agenda of a meeting
scheduled for 22 April between Afghan Transitional Administration
Chairman Hamid Karzai and Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf. KM
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