Pakistan's foreign minister arrived Thursday in neighboring Afghanistan for talks on border security, officials said. Khursheed Kasuri met with Afghan Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta upon his arrival and is scheduled to hold talks later Thursday with President Hamid Karzai in Kabul. They will discuss proposed tribal councils, or jirgas, aimed at countering the Taliban influence in the region, the officials said. «We hope to talk about security in the region and also speak about peace jirgas,» said Khaleeq Ahmed, a spokesman for Karzai. «Cross-border infiltration will also be discussed,» according to a report of the Associated Press.
