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From: Ina Iankulova (iiankulova@sorosny.org)
Date: Wed Apr 23 2003 - 13:03:59 EDT
AFGHAN LEADER EXPECTS PAKISTAN TO PREVENT BORDER INCURSIONS
Afghan Transitional Administration Chairman Karzai met with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali in Islamabad on April 22 during a two-day visit to Pakistan (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 22 April 2003) and said during a news conference with Jamali that he received assurances that Pakistan will "help Afghanistan to attain the best levels of safety and security," "The New York Times" reported on 23 April. Karzai said Pakistan should arrest "certain key leaders" of the Taliban, adding that he is "sure Pakistan will help Afghanistan in that regard." Musharraf said Pakistan and Afghanistan "will fight terrorism all the way," and that the two states are "mutually complementing each other to tackle the problems" they face. The Pakistani president added that his country and Afghanistan share the same "strategic perception" on how to deal with the issue of terrorism, "Dawn" reported on 23 April. AT
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