The issue of cross border terrorism to dominate the fourth trilateral meeting of the high officials of Pakistan, United States and Afghanistan to be held in Islamabad today (Tuesday).
According to Foreign Office spokesperson Tehmina Janjua, US Special Representative Ambassador Marc Grossman, Deputy Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Jawid Lodin and Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir, along with the representatives of military and intelligence of the three countries will participate in the meeting.
According to an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the meeting being held today (Tuesday) is part of the series of interaction of the high officials of the three countries to discus the process of reconciliation started by Afghan government.
The official, who requested not to be named, told Business Recorder that Islamabad would raise the repeated attacks by Afghan militants on Pakistani bordering areas along Afghanistan in Upper Dir killing innocent people and destroying civilian as governmental installations.
Pakistan has repeatedly expressed its concerns over the cross border terrorism both with Nato high officials in Afghanistan and the Afghan government to stop the militants' attacks on Pakistani localities. However, Kabul has also alleged Pakistani security forces for attacking civilian population across the border. The official said that the fourth round of the trilateral meeting of the high ups from Pakistan, US and Afghanistan would discuss border co-operation and the issues of cross border terrorism. The Core Group of the three countries was established to promote the process of reconciliation and peace in Afghanistan.