Tripartite body reviews counter-terror effort

RAWALPINDI: A tripartite commission of senior military and diplomatic representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United States agreed on Monday to improve coordination and information sharing to make counter-terrorism operations more effective.

In its 10th meeting, the commission expressed satisfaction with successes in 2004 and decided to make counter-terrorism operations more effective through better coordination and information-sharing.

The three parties welcomed the recent visit by Afghan President Hamid Karzai to Pakistan and stressed the importance of peace and stability in Afghanistan.

The parties welcomed a counter-narcotics working group, a body parallel to the tripartite commission, to facilitate discussions of officials by the three parties on counter-narcotics issues. The tripartite commission will meet again in June 2005 in Kabul. app

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