Visiting Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and his Chinese counterpart, Jiang Zemin, reaffirmed support for Afghanistan's interim government and efforts to rebuild the war-ravaged country, a Chinese official said Friday.
On the eve of the swearing-in Saturday of the new Afghan leadership, Jiang pledged 30 million yuan ($1=CNY8.2766) in aid "to express our concern and care for the Afghan people," said Foreign Ministry official Sun Guoxiang.

Musharraf and Jiang also discussed Pakistani-Indian tensions Thursday at the start of the Pakistani leader's four-day visit, said Sun, deputy director general of the ministry's Asia bureau. Sun said Jiang stressed China's desire to see peace between the two nuclear-armed South Asian rivals. The Presidents expressed support for the post-Taliban government agreed to at talks in Bonn, Germany, Sun said. The administration, led by Prime Minister-designate Hamid Karzai, is to take office Saturday and serve for six months.

Pakistan's foreign minister had said Musharraf and Jiang would discuss what kind of Afghan government they wanted to see, but Sun wouldn't give more details. Pakistani officials weren't immediately available for comment. China has endorsed the anti-terror campaign, but is uneasy about the American military presence on its western frontier, which it regards as a key area for its national security. Musharraf has helped the U.S.-led coalition with intelligence, military bases and other logistics support. Bureau Report