DUSHANBE, August 25, Asia-Plus – Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in Dushanbe today on a two-day working visit. 

At present he is holding talks with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon to discuss the present state and prospects of further expansion of bilateral cooperation between Afghanistan and Tajikistan in the fields of security, border protection, economics, commerce, science and culture.  

Tomorrow, Hamid Karzai and Emomali Rahmon will attend a ceremony of inauguration of a bridge across the Panj River in the Qumsangir district, Khatlon province. 

The United States, which supplied most of the funding and know-how for the project, hopes the bridge will consolidate permanent overland links between Tajikistan and Afghanistan, enhancing economic and commercial opportunities for both sides of the river and allowing goods and people to move across more easily.