ISLAMABAD – Terming his visit to Kabul very advantageous, Foreign MinisterShah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday said Pakistan, Afghanistan have decided tostrengthen contacts and advance the reconciliation process.

“The clouds of fear have faded away,” he said while talking to a newschannel.

Qureshi said he finalized few things during his meetings with the AfghanPresident Ashraf Ghani, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and ForeignMinister Salahuddin Rabbani.

He said Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah will visit Pakistan next month.He said the Afghan Economic Commission would be visiting Pakistan nextmonth and the next round of talks between the two countries would also beheld in October.

The foreign minister said Pakistan and Afghanistan would have to constitutea joint commission if the two countries have to extend their economic ties.