ISLAMABAD, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan army said on Tuesday the country is not involved in acts of terror in neighhbouring Afghanistan.
Comments by the army spokesman, Major-General Asif Ghafoor, came at a time when relationship between Pakistan and Afghanistan is tense.
Both countries routinely accuse each other of loose border control that enable the militants cross the porous border for violent activities. Pakistan and Afghanistan have nearly 2,600 kilometers border, mostly porous.
"Afghanistan should take steps for improving management of its borders," General Ghafoor, Director-General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) told a news conference in his office.
"Pakistan desires peace and stability in Afghanistan. We support an Afghan owned and Afghan led reconciliation process for peace in the country," the military spokesman said.
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