Afghan soil being used against Pakistan, Naqvi tells Norway FM as two discuss counterterrorism cooperation

Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi told visiting Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide that Afghan soil is being used for terror attacks against Pakistan, emphasizing the need for coordinated international counterterrorism efforts. Dawn reports the two leaders discussed strengthening bilateral relations and cooperating on illegal immigration prevention, an area where Pakistan has achieved a forty-seven percent reduction in illegal immigration to Europe. Eide's visit marks the first by a Norwegian foreign minister to Pakistan in a decade.

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