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Our Correspondent in Karachi
Pakistan said on Friday that it had not closed its border with Afghanistan, but was conducting more effective checks on people trying to cross either way.
"The [existing] policy of checking papers is being implemented more effectively," Tasneen Noorani, secretary in the interior ministry, said.
The statement comes at a time when the United States is urging Pakistan to close its border with Afghanistan.
The Bush administration appears to have already determined that Osama bin Laden is responsible for Tuesday's terrorist attacks.
Pakistan has supported the Taleban regime in Afghanistan, where Laden has based part of his operation, an administration official said.
In another development, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf will not visit New York later this month as the United Nations General Assembly meeting set for September 25 has been postponed, Major General Rashid Qureshi, the military government's spokesman, said.
Gen Musharraf had been expected to meet India's Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the sidelines of the General Assembly to further the peace process between the two countries.
Vajpayee's visit to New York was also called off on Friday for the same reason.
Gen Musharraf is presiding over a meeting of his top military commanders to discuss the demands that the US has made for Pakistan's assistance in pursuing those it believes are behind the attacks.
Meanwhile, all International aid organisations have withdrawn their foreign workers from Afghanistan, fearing an attack.
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