Islamabad, Aug 12: The tripartite technical committee, comprising military officials of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States, will be meeting today to iron out differences over maps dividing the two neighboring countries, a senior official has said.
The technical committee visited the three disputed points on the largely unmarked border in Mohmand tribal region.
Afghanistan's accusation that Islamabad had intruded into its territory in the Mohmand tribal region, triggered countrywide protests, which saw an angry mob ransacking the Pakistan embassy in Kabul early last month.

"The Afghans based their claim of alleged Pakistani intrusion using Russian maps that vary from the maps used by Pakistan and the United States," the official familiar with the ongoing discussion, told reporters here on the condition of anonymity.

The Afghans using Russian maps claim Pakistani forces have intruded 12 kilometers inside Afghanistan, whereas Russian maps are known to be flawed and inaccurate, the official said.


"Maps are drawn in accordance with international grading system. There may be a difference of a few meters but not kilometers", the official observed.



The official noted while the American military officials were in agreement with their Pakistani counterparts over its stand that its forces had not intruded into Afghan territory, the Afghan representatives on the technical committee stuck to their position.


Bureau Report