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Pakistan hails Afghan gov't decision to send army cadets for training

Xinhua, February 6, 2015 Adjust font size:

Pakistan on Friday welcomed Afghan government's decision to send army cadets for training in a country's superior military institution.

Six Afghan National Army cadets arrived in Islamabad on Thursday to join Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) for an 18-month long course in a sign of growing military-to-military contacts, the Afghan embassy said.

"It is a very positive development. This is one more manifestation of the very constructive and expanding engagement between Pakistan and Afghanistan," the foreign ministry said in Islamabad.

The Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said there has been greater cooperation and understanding between the security agencies of the two countries since the visit to Pakistan by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

"Following the visit of President Ashraf Ghani, the two countries agreed on a number of steps to enhance our cooperation and people to people contacts, expand economic ties, as well as increase political engagement which has been in place since then," she said at her weekly briefing. Endi