Pakistan offers to build fence on Afghan border

Under criticism that Pakistan is not doing enough to counter terrorism, President Pervez Musharraf today offered to construct a security fence to deter incursion of militants and drug merchants from Afghanistan.

Musharraf made the offer at a meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that was expanded to 75 minutes from the 30 minutes originally planned. It sets the stage for President George Bush’s meeting with the Pakistani leader tomorrow.