The leaders of Pakistan and China have called on the Islamic Emirate to adopt "moderate policies’ and form an inclusive government.

According to a joint statement issued by the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif and Chinese Premier Li Qiang, they also emphasized the need to prevent the use of Afghanistan’s soil against its neighbors and called for an effective and measurable fight against terrorism in Afghanistan.

Li is in Islamabad for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting.

Pakistan accuses the Islamic Emirate of supporting its opposition groups, including the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

Pakistani officials say that TTP has plotted and carried out attacks on them from Afghanistan.

However the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has repeatedly denied such allegations and has accused Pakistan of supporting Daesh.

Sharif and Li also called for the strengthening of anti-terrorism cooperation on a bilateral and multilateral level and called on the Islamic Emirate government to take concrete and verifiable measures to eliminate terrorist groups active in this country.

The two leaders also emphasized the importance of strengthening communication and coordination regarding the situation in Afghanistan and called for "coordinated efforts of the international community to encourage the Islamic Emirate to establish an inclusive political framework and implement moderate policies."

The two countries agreed to play a constructive role in supporting the sustainable development of Afghanistan and its integration into the international community.

Iranian forces have allegedly killed at least 260 Afghan migrants after opening fire on them near the Kalgan border crossing on Sunday evening.

According to Haalvsh, an Iranian-based human rights organization, survivors of the shooting described horror scenes when Iranian military forces targeted the group.

Haalvsh reported that two survivors said there had been a group of about 300 migrants trying to cross the border when they were shot at and targeted with RPGs.

“Two hundred and sixty Afghan citizens were killed in the shooting of the Islamic Republic's military forces on the Sarawan border," Haalvsh quoted a survivor as saying.

Haalvsh said dozens were also wounded.

"On Sunday evening, dozens of Afghan citizens were targeted by direct fire and RPGs by the Islamic Republic's military forces who were ambushed in advance at the Kalgan-Saravan border. As a result, dozens of these migrants were killed and dozens more injured,” the organization stated.

According to images provided by the survivors of the alleged massacre many migrants were shot multiple times.

Iranian officials have not yet responded to these claims.

The Director-General of the Department of Asian Affairs of China’s Foreign Ministry Liu Jinsong on Tuesday met with Bilal Karimi, the Islamic Emirate’s ambassador to China, for discussions on the development and strengthening of political relations between the two countries.

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) embassy in Beijing said in a statement that the two sides also discussed the continuation of trade, strengthening the economy and positive bilateral interactions with the region and neighboring countries, along with political, economic, commercial and transit cooperation.

Liu appreciated the efforts of the IEA regarding the activation of the Wakhan Corridor between China and Afghanistan and has shown his country's readiness to take gradual steps to activate this corridor.

He added that the President of China has scrapped export customs tariffs for about 40 countries, including Afghanistan, effective January next year.

He said this would be of particular help to Afghan traders.

He stated that Central Asia’s oil and gas companies will be encouraged to expand and accelerate the process of oil extraction from the Amu Darya oil field and the ongoing work of the Mes Aynak copper mining project.