ISLAMABAD, Jan 11 (APP): The Foreign Office spokesperson has said that an important development during the visit of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to Kabul was the agreement on the return of Afghan refugees from Pakistan.
In a telephonic interview to PTV, Tasneem Aslam said the government of Pakistan plans to repatriate maximum number of Afghan refugees during 2007 with special focus on dismantling of refugees camps close to border areas.
She also said that whatever measures are being taken by Pakistan to ensure check on the movement of undesired elements in areas on the Pak-Afghan border are limited to its own territory.
The spokesperson said Pakistan is doing all in its capacity to improve and cement its relations with Afghanistan. It is necessary that same sentiments should come from the other side also, she added.
She said that those who are criticizing the planned mining of border areas should bring forth their alternate proposals.