NEW DELHI: Exterior affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday listed Pakistan sponsored cross-border terrorism as a “shared risk” for each India and Afghanistan as he met his Afghani. counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi in Delhi.In his opening remarks, Jaishankar termed cross-border terrorism as a “menace” and mentioned that India and Afghanistan should coordinate efforts to fight. He additionally known as Afghanistan as a “contiguous” neighbor to ship a robust message to Pakistan over its unlawful occupation in Jammu and Kashmir.“As a contiguous neighbor and a well-wisher of the Afghan folks, India has a deep curiosity in your improvement and progress,” Jaishankar mentioned.“Nonetheless, these are endangered by the shared risk of cross-border terrorism that each our nations face. We should coordinate efforts to fight terrorism in all its varieties and manifestations. We admire your Sensitivity in the direction of India’s safety issues. Your solidarity with us within the aftermath of the Pahalgam terrorist assault was noteworthy,” he added.India and Afghanistan share a slender 106-km land border by way of the Wakhan Hall — a strategically very important strip now drawing Chinese language curiosity. Within the context of Jaishankar’s assertion, the hall hyperlinks Afghanistan to the a part of Kashmir illegally occupied by Pakistan.In the meantime, Muttaqi described India as an vital nation of the area and one which has all the time stood by Afghan folks and assisted them in lots of areas.“We is not going to enable any (ingredient) to threaten anybody else or use the territory of Afghanistan towards others. Daesh is a problem for the area and Afghanistan is on the frontlines of this wrestle,” he mentioned.“Fortunately, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, its forces and its robust wrestle towards it has eradicated it from Afghanistan. The necessity of our area is that we fight this menace collectively and this can be a want. for the frequent prosperity of each nations,” he mentioned.Calling India “the primary responder”, the Afghan Overseas Minister expressed gratitude to India for offering humanitarian help through the earthquake in Afghanistan.“Within the latest earthquake in Afghanistan, India was the primary responder. Afghanistan seems at India as an in depth buddy. Afghanistan desires relations based mostly on mutual respect, commerce and people-to-people relations,” he mentioned.Expressing gratitude to India for its hospitality, the Afghan Overseas Minister mentioned, “India is a historic and vital nation of this area. We now have had lengthy civilizational and people-to-people ties. for hundreds of years, and it’s not restricted to geography however extends to tradition, enterprise, and different avenues that bind each the international locations collectively.”Muttaqi additional mentioned that Afghanistan stands able to create a mechanism of understanding between the 2 international locations to work in the direction of strengthening the connection.Muttaqi arrived in New Delhi on Thursday for a week-long go to from October 9–16. His journey marks the primary high-level delegation from Kabul to New Delhi for the reason that Taliban took management of Afghanistan in August 2021.