The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, arrived in Islamabad today, as part of the three-day meeting of Iran-Pakistan-Afghanistan to fight terrorism and regional security.

Ahmadinejad will have meetings with both Hamid Karzai, the president of Afghanistan andthe Pakistani counterpart, Asif Zardari, on the progress of peace talks with the Taliban, the religious conflicts, the drug dealing and generally  the safety in the region.

Earlier, Zardari  welcomed the Afghan counterpart in the presidential palace , Hamid  Karzai, who arrived in Islamabad, ahead of tomorrow's trilateral meeting.

Karzai seeks to achieve greater support from Pakistan in his efforts to start peace talkswith the Taliban and give an end to the 10 year war against terrorism taking place in Afghanistan.

Furthermore, in an interview in the Wall Street Journal, Hamid Karzai said that the governments of Afghanistan and the U.S. have begun secret tripartite meetings with the Taliban, to try to strengthen their efforts in making comprehensive peace talks.

 From their part, the Afghan Taliban have rejected the allegations of President Karzai saying that "the Islamic Emirate strongly rejects the statements that we have conversations withr  this reckless administration, and do not plan to talk with the administration of PresidentKarzai," according to a statement of representative of the rebels, Zampichoulach Mujahid.

The presidents of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan pledged in May 2009 in Tehran to cooperate against terrorism and drug trafficking. Since then they meet on a regular basis.