From: EurasiaDigest (digest@eurasianet.org)
Date: Thu Feb 16 2006 - 12:09:04 EST
AFGHAN LEADER ARRIVES IN ISLAMABAD...
President Hamid Karzai arrived for an official visit to the Pakistani capital on 15 February, RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan reported. Karzai is in Pakistan to discuss his country's continuing unease over what Kabul is describing as Islamabad's reluctance to stop the infiltration of militants into Afghanistan and alleged support provided to some militants by official and unofficial circles in Pakistan. Islamabad, on the other hand, has expressed displeasure over the presence of Indian diplomatic missions and security forces on the Afghan side of the border (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 15 February 2006). Karzai told his Pakistani counterpart President Pervez Musharraf that his country's "relations with India in no way, no way, no way will impact" Kabul-Islamabad ties, the official Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) news agency reported on 15 February. Afghanistan and Pakistan are "joined together like twins" and are "inseparable," Karzai added. Musharraf said that the "history and geography" of Afghanistan and Pa
kistan "dictate" that the two countries should progress together. AT
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