July 24: Xinhua states that Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to "take additional security measures and to closely coordinate their military ground operations in the border region to more effectively fight terrorist groups that pose security threats to the two countries," officials said on Monday. A Pakistani official, who was part of high level talks in the Afghan capital Kabul on July 22, told Xinhua that both sides while reviewing the existing security situation, reached an understanding that terrorism is the common enemy that has to be defeated through better coordination of ground operations and joint efforts.

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