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President Musharraf late on Wednesday night assured US President George Bush of Pakistan's 'unstinted cooperation' in the fight against terrorism.
"We regard terrorism as an evil that threatens the world community," Musharraf said in a statement following urgent talks with his key aides following Tuesday's suicide bombings in the US.
He said Pakistan strongly condemned the acts of terrorism. "I wish to assure President Bush and the US government of our unstinted cooperation in the fight against terrorism," he said.
Musharraf reiterated that concerted international efforts were needed to fight terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. "All countries must join hands in this common cause," he said.
Pakistan is one of three countries that recognises the rule of the Islamic fundamentalist Taleban movement in neighboring Afghanistan.
Saudi extremist Osama bin Laden, whose organisation is believed to be behind the US attacks, lives in Afghanistan.
The US is seeking to forge a worldwide coalition of nations, including Muslim countries, to combat terrorism, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Wednesday.
US ambassador to Pakistan Wendy Chamberlin is to meet President Gen Pervez Musharraf in this regard on Thursday.
Afghanistan said on Wednesday that it will hand over bin Laden to the US only after 'concrete evidence' is produced.
"Osama is not involved in terrorist attacks in New York and Washington," the Taleban's ambassador to Pakistan Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef said in Islamabad.
"Only when we are satisfied with the evidence will we start negotiations for his extradition," he said.
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