By Xinhua,
Islamabad : Pakistan and Afghanistan Sunday agreed on a joint boarder control mechanism and regular exchange of information, Pakistani Interior Secretary Rahman Malik said.
Malik, advisor to the Pakistani prime minister on interior affairs, discussed border security with the Afghan authorities in a brief visit to Kabul.
The visit was unscheduled and was kept secret from the media.
Malik paid the Kabul visit two days after Foreign Minister ShahMehmood Qureshi visited Kabul on his first visit to Afghanistan.
Malik told reporters that the Pakistani additional secretary and Afghanistan’s deputy minister would regularly exchange information on daily basis.
“I have told the Afghan officials that they will have to take measures for security in the pattern of Pakistanis’ measures to ensure peace with joint efforts,” he said.
He said that he had told the Afghan government that the Pakistani government had not signed any deal with Taliban and that it was not holding talks with terrorists.
“We are only talking to the tribal elders who have a role to play for peace,” Malik said.
“The government will not hold dialogue with law breakers but will talk to the peace-loving people,” the advisor said.
The Afghan government has expressed concern at the Pakistani government’s talks with the militants, saying that it would increase attacks in Afghanistan.