President stresses strengthening Pak-Afghan ties through enhanced bilateral trade.

ISLAMABAD -- President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday said the relationship between Pakistan and Afghanistan needed to be strengthened with focus on enhancing bilateral trade, building greater networks with the Afghan business community, and further streamlining the clearance of consignments at the border crossing points.

The president, in a meeting with Pakistan's Head of Mission Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul Ubaid ur Rehman Nizamani, who called on him here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, said peace would pave the way for Afghanistan to become a trade and energy connectivity corridor in the region.

The peaceful Afghanistan, he added, would also accelerate the transit trade between Central Asian countries and Pakistan, besides helping expedite the materialization of Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (CASA-1000) power project, Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline and Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) projects.

The president...

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