Kabul, July 26: After a month in which a mob
ransacked Pakistan's embassy in Afghanistan and border clashes
broke out between the two countries, Afghan president Hamid
Karzai has invited Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to
visit, an official said today.
Musharraf accepted the invitation during a phone
conversation between the two heads of state yesterday, but no
date has been set for the visit, said foreign ministry
spokesman Omar Samad.
``Generally, both sides are moving toward putting
relations back on track, but that doesn't mean all the issues
have been resolved,'' Samad told the associated press. ``We
still have some pretty important issues that have to be taken
up by Pakistan and we expect some action on their part.''
One of those issues was the persistent allegation
made by both the afghan government and the US Military
that insurgents are using Pakistani territory to launch
cross-border raids into Afghanistan.
``We hope that in this regard they (Pakistan) will
put in more efforts to block the passage of terrorists and
armed Taliban into Afghanistan,'' Samad said.
Pakistan has deployed thousands of troops along the
porous border. But tribesmen in the area are sympathetic to
the ousted Taliban, espouse a brand of Islam similar to theirs
and openly say they would give them refuge.
Another issue the two sides would discuss was the
report of a committee investigating the border clashes. Samad
said the committee, dispatched earlier this month and made up
of representatives of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the united
states, was still ``trying to determine what has happened.''
Bureau Report
