Pakistan, Afghan presidents talk over phone as tensions rise
Pakistan President Pervez Musha-rraf telephoned his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai to defuse tensions over Islamabad's alleged failure to tackle Taliban attacks from its soil, officials said Wednesday.
Military ruler Musharraf made the move after he received a call from US President George W. Bush amid concern about the deteriorating relations between the two neighbours, both key allies of Washington in the war on terror.
"The President assured President Karzai of Pakistans continued support and cooperation in the fight against terrorism. Pakistan condemned this menace in all its forms and manifestations," a Pakistani foreign ministry statement said.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Musharraf called Karzai hours after the Afghan presidential spokesman Jawed Ludin said that militants were getting training from camps in Pakistan to launch attacks in Afghanistan in the run-up to legislative polls in September.
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