KABUL, Sept 7: Afghan Presi-dent Hamid Karzai said on Sunday that he hoped for results from the government’s promise to step up efforts against Taliban militants crossing into Afghanistan to carry out attacks.

Talking to newsmen at a joint press conference with visiting United States Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Mr Karzai said President Gen Pervez Musharraf had promised that Pakistan would do all it could to stop “terrorist” activities along the border.

“We are hoping that this cooperation would increase further between Afghanistan and Pakistan and also with the US,” he said.

“We believe that a joint fight against terrorism between Afghanistan and Pakistan and the US and the rest of the region is entirely ... in the interests of all the countries and international peace.

“We are hopeful that the stricter approach by Pakistan against the Taliban incursions into Afghanistan and against terrorism would produce the desired results,” he said. “We are definitely concerned about the increased activity of the Taliban on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border,” he said.—AFP