Afghan, Pak to Talk Border Security
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 27--Afghan and Pakistani foreign ministers are scheduled to meet Wednesday in Germany to discuss their lawless border region, where terrorists are believed to have taken shelter, officials said.
Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta and his Pakistani counterpart, Khurshid Kasuri, will attend the Group of Eight foreign ministers' meeting in Potsdam to talk about peace, stability and reconstruction in Afghanistan and the region, the Afghan Foreign Ministry said in a statement in Kabul.
Both have been "specially invited'' to meet on the G8 sidelines to discuss how they can ease their differences, better control the border to stop militant movement and help in fighting the insurgency in Afghanistan, a senior Pakistan government official said.
The G8 countries are also expected to "show their concern'' over the recent increase in the number of Western troops dying in attacks in Afghanistan, the official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to make media comments.
This is while the Taliban has launched a new operation targeting government and foreign forces in Afghanistan, a spokesman said Sunday, as two policemen died in an ambush in the volatile south.
"In this operation, we will target our enemies and use our tactics -belt bombs, remote-controlled (roadside bombs) and ambushes -- against occupying forces and the government," purported Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi said by satellite phone from an undisclosed location. "We start this operation today in all of Afghanistan."
Moreover a roadside bomb exploded near a convoy of foreign troops in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province on Sunday and some soldiers were wounded, witnesses said.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the explosion in the Manogai district of Kunar and said three foreign soldiers died in the blast.
Officials with NATO's ISAF and the US-led forces battling the Taliban said they knew nothing about an attack in Kunar. NATO and the US occupation -led forces have nearly 50,000 troops in Afghanistan.
A British soldier was also killed early on Saturday during a mission to clear a Taliban compound on the outskirts of Garmsir in Helmand province.
NATO said last week that 85 people, including 40 civilians, had been killed during the first 23 days of May by improvised explosive devices, a favorite tactic of the Taliban.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 27--Afghan and Pakistani foreign ministers are scheduled to meet Wednesday in Germany to discuss their lawless border region, where terrorists are believed to have taken shelter, officials said.
Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta and his Pakistani counterpart, Khurshid Kasuri, will attend the Group of Eight foreign ministers' meeting in Potsdam to talk about peace, stability and reconstruction in Afghanistan and the region, the Afghan Foreign Ministry said in a statement in Kabul.
Both have been "specially invited'' to meet on the G8 sidelines to discuss how they can ease their differences, better control the border to stop militant movement and help in fighting the insurgency in Afghanistan, a senior Pakistan government official said.
The G8 countries are also expected to "show their concern'' over the recent increase in the number of Western troops dying in attacks in Afghanistan, the official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to make media comments.
This is while the Taliban has launched a new operation targeting government and foreign forces in Afghanistan, a spokesman said Sunday, as two policemen died in an ambush in the volatile south.
"In this operation, we will target our enemies and use our tactics -belt bombs, remote-controlled (roadside bombs) and ambushes -- against occupying forces and the government," purported Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi said by satellite phone from an undisclosed location. "We start this operation today in all of Afghanistan."
Moreover a roadside bomb exploded near a convoy of foreign troops in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province on Sunday and some soldiers were wounded, witnesses said.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the explosion in the Manogai district of Kunar and said three foreign soldiers died in the blast.
Officials with NATO's ISAF and the US-led forces battling the Taliban said they knew nothing about an attack in Kunar. NATO and the US occupation -led forces have nearly 50,000 troops in Afghanistan.
A British soldier was also killed early on Saturday during a mission to clear a Taliban compound on the outskirts of Garmsir in Helmand province.
NATO said last week that 85 people, including 40 civilians, had been killed during the first 23 days of May by improvised explosive devices, a favorite tactic of the Taliban.
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