By IANS
Brussels : Afghanistan Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak has said his country's cooperation with Pakistan to stop the flow of terrorists was improving.
"With the help of NATO and the international community our cooperation with Pakistan has improved and we are trying to have more coordination as far as the borders are concerned," Wardak told a press conference in Brussels Friday. Wardak also briefed NATO foreign ministers on the security situation in Afghanistan, the Inepnext news agency said.
"This cooperation is in its initial phases but we do hope that the joint cooperation of ISAF, Afghanistan and Pakistan will bear fruit and I think we will be more able to entrap the flow of the terrorists," he added.
Wardak appeared to downplay American accusations that Iran was supplying arms to the Taliban in Afghanistan.
"There is definitely evidence that weapons and other supplies are coming from that side of the border (Iran), but it has not been identified if it is the drug mafia or the Al Qaeda or some other elements", he said.
"We have always had very good relations with Iran. They have helped us in our reconstruction. We do believe that the stability, peace and prosperity in Afghanistan is in the interests of Iran and also the whole region," Wardak added.
On his part, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said that the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has about 40,000 personnel now in Afghanistan.