Pakistan's Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali held talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai yesterday and promised to increase security to stop attacks across the two countries' border. Making his first official visit to Afghanistan, Jamali said his government was determined to combat extremism in all its forms. Karzai described the effort to battle terrorists as a "joint fight for the future of both countries". At a joint news conference in a courtyard of Karzai's palace in the Afghan capital, Jamali said Pakistan had 65,000 troops and was manning 800 border posts in an unprecedented military effort in the tribal belt along the frontier. "We'll keep on making it better, increasing it ... so that the people of both countries don't suffer at all," Jamali said. He did not elaborate. He said the effort to fight terrorism was homegrown, not the result of pressure from the US. Pakistan stopped supporting the Taliban in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks to become a key ally as the US led a military campaign to oust the hardline regime in Afghanistan. Islamabad has also rounded up hundreds of Al Qaeda suspects. But Afghan officials have urged it to do more also to stop Taliban fighters from launching attacks in Afghan territory and then retreating into Pakistan. Jamali said two new border crossings would be opened to ease congestion. Pakistan is also donating 100 buses, beefing up scholarships program for bright Afghans and building clinics in Afghan cities near the border. **PHOTO CAPTION*** Pakistani Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali (R) chats to Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace in Kabul January 12, 2004. (REUTERS/Ahmad Masood)