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Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to boost trade, lower border tensions

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, left, with his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi, centre, during a meeting in Islamabad [Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan/AFP]

Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban government have agreed to boost trade and lower tensions along their border amid a surge in attacks on Pakistani security forces, officials said.

Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, struck the deal on Sunday in Islamabad, according to Pakistan’s foreign ministry.

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