PAKISTAN NOT TO JOIN ANTI-AFGHANISTAN OPERATION     KUN0086 4 GEN 0328 KUWAIT /KUNA-UOP7   MIL-PAKISTAN-OPERATION   PAKISTAN NOT TO JOIN ANTI-AFGHANISTAN OPERATION     ISLAMABAD, SEPT 26 (KUNA) -- PAKISTAN WEDNESDAY SAID IT WAS PART OF   INTERNATIONAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM BUT COULD NEVER JOIN ANY HOSTILE   ACTION AGAINST AFGHANISTAN.   FOREIGN OFFICE SPOKESMAN TOLD A PRESS BRIEFING TODAY, "WE ARE DEEPLY   CONSCIOUS THAT DESTINIES OF THE TWO PEOPLE AND TWO COUNTRIES ARE INTERTWINED".   THE SPOKESMAN SAID, "IT IS A FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM IN WHICH PAKISTAN IS   PART OF INTERNATIONAL COALITION AND WE WANT THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT TO BE   RESPONSIVE TO WHAT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WANTS FROM IT. IT IS NOT A FIGHT   AGAINST ANY PEOPLE OR ANY COUNTRY".   HE SAID, THERE IS NO JOINT OPERATION OR ANY SPECIFIC OPERATION OR   CONTINGENCY PLAN WHICH HAS BEEN PLACED BEFORE PAKISTAN.   RESPONDING TO A QUESTION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID PAKISTAN DID NOT HAVE ANY   INFORMATION ABOUT OSAMA BIN LADEN OR LEADERS OF AL-QAIDA GROUP.   ASKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ENTRY OF AL-QAIDA MEMBERS INTO PAKISTAN IN   THE GUISE OF AFGHAN REFUGEES, KHAN SAID,"THEY WOULD BE CONFIDENT OF NOT   FINDING SAFE HAVEN IN PAKISTAN."   ANSWERING A QUESTION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID PAKISTAN HAD NOT OPENED BORDER   WITH AFGHANISTAN. HE SAID THERE WERE REPORTS THAT LARGE NUMBER OF AFGHANS HAD   GATHERED ALONG THE BORDER.NEVERTHELESS, WE HAVE MAINTAINED OUR POLICY NOT TO   OPEN THE BORDER.   HOWEVER, HE SAID, THE BORDERS WERE OPEN TO FOOD SUPPLIES AND TRADE AS   AFGHANISTAN BEING A LAND-LOCKED COUNTRY WAS DEPENDENT ON PAKISTAN.   IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION, HE SAID THERE WAS NO CONFIRMATION OF THE REPORTS   THAT INDIAN FORCES HAD LANDED IN UZEBKISTAN.   HE SAID THE US DEFENSE DELEGATION IS STILL IN PAKISTAN AND WAS HOLDING   TALKS WITH ITS COUNTERPARTS.   IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION, HE SAID THE AFGHAN EMBASSY IN PAKISTAN WAS NOT   BEING ASKED TO CLOSE DOWN.   HE REGRETTED THE ATTACK AND TORCHING OF US EMBASSY IN KABUL AND SAID SUCH   ACTS WERE NOT IN KEEPING WITH THE DIPLOMATIC NORMS. (MORE)   SJA.RK       KUNA 261841 Sep 01NNNN