Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has said that the next Pak-Afghan peace jirga will be held in Pakistan after the general elections. He was talking to Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a meeting with him in Herat, Afghanistan on Saturday. Kasuri attended the ECO Council of Ministers conference in the Afghan western city. Both expressed satisfaction over the Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Peace Jirga held in Kabul, which had not only reinforced the resolve of the two countries to fight against terrorism and extremism but also improved the atmosphere between them. During the meeting they exchanged views on the follow-up steps to the decisions taken at the joint peace Jirga. President Karzai said that terrorism and extremism is the common enemy of the two countries and in the fight against it, Afghanistan can be the best asset and partner of Pakistan. He condemned the dastardly act of terrorism in Karachi on October 18 and spoke about his telephone conversation with President Pervez Musharraf. He condoled the loss of innocent lives in the blasts. The two also exchanged views on matters of bilateral interest.
| Yeah. That's the word I was looking for. "Dastardly." |