Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf Friday urged the international community to do more to facilitate repatriation of Afghan refugees while his government battled militants on its territory.

Musharraf issued the call during a meeting with Special Representative of the European Union on Afghanistan Francesc Vendrell amid fresh allegations by Afghan leader Hamid Karzai that Pakistan was aiding Taliban.

"The President emphasised the need for (the) international community to do more and facilitate repatriation of Afghan refugees back to their homeland," the foreign ministry said in a statement.

Pakistan says the repatriation of more than 2.5 million Afghan refugees could stop Taliban militants infiltrating Afghanistan through the long and porous frontier.

"Pakistan is committed to not allow its territory to be used by militants and had done all within its means to deal with the issue," it quoted Musharraf as telling Vendrell.

Vendrell expressed the EU's interest in facilitating better coordination between Pakistan and Afghanistan, it said.

The ministry said Vendrell was informed of the "absolute necessity for all parties to understand the prevailing environment, recognise that border security was a collective responsibility of Pakistan, Afghanistan and ISAF-NATO (international troops in Afghanistan)."

More than 2.8 million Afghans who fled a quarter-century of instability in their homeland have returned from Pakistan since 2002 under a UN-assisted voluntary scheme, but almost the same number remain there.

Pakistan has also closed refugee camps in its northwestern tribal areas bordering Afghanistan to improve security in the region. Officials in southwestern Baluchistan province have also blamed refugees for militancy.

More than 3,700 people dying in militant-related violence this year, the deadliest since the Taliban launched its insurgency. Most of the victims are rebels, but about 1,000 civilians have also been killed.