Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf Wednesday met Commander of the US Central Command John P Abizaid and conveyed his strong displeasure over renewed Afghan allegations that Islamabad was "not doing enough" to contain terrorist activities.
Relations between the two neighbours were strained after Afghan President Hamid Karzai criticised Pakistan for "not doing enough" to control Al Qaeda and Taliban operatives on Pakistani soil.
The accusation triggered a war of words and heightened tensions between the two neighbours.
Abizaid, who arrived in Pakistan Tuesday evening at President Musharraf's invitation, promised to take up the issue with Kabul.
"We, the US, Pakistan and Afghanistan, will have to work and fight together the common enemy terrorism," private GEO TV channel quoted Abizaid as telling the Pakistan president.
On Monday, Musharraf told reporters in Rawalpindi that he had invited Abizaid to brief him on Kabul's allegations and the list of 40 suspected terrorists including Taliban leader Mullah Omar, believed to be hiding in Pakistan.
Karzai had handed over the list to Pakistani authorities during his February visit to Islamabad. But Musharraf said the list contained outdated telephone numbers and addresses and were passed on to his country just ahead of the US presidential visit.
Musharraf told the US commander that his country was fully aware of its responsibilities in the anti-terror war adding, that Afghan defence ministry and intelligence should be stopped from "conspiring against Pakistan".
Referring to sharing of the said list by Karzai with the Afghan media on return to Kabul from Pakistan, Musharraf said, "We should avoid passing on secret information to the media in view of the sensitivities involved in the war against terror."
He also warned that the allegations by Kabul could vitiate the atmosphere and hamper the ongoing anti-terror war. He had described Afghan accusations as "nonsense" last Monday, saying the two countries should promote harmony to actively fight the vital war.
The three countries already have a tripartite commission, which coordinates the operational details of anti-terror war and the issue of cross-border infiltration between Islamabad and Kabul.
Abizaid came to Pakistan days after Pakistani security agencies killed at least 140 suspected militants, mostly of Uzbek, Arab and Chechen origin in the country's restive north Waziristan tribal region.
He reportedly discussed several options to cleanse the area of militants.
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