HARARE, Zimbabwe — Afghanistan and Zimbabwe established full diplomatic relations Tuesday and will exchange ambassadors, a Zimbabwean government statement said. Government officials said

there was no significance in the timing of the announcement less than a week after Zimbabwean Prime Minister Robert Mugabe paid an official visit to Pakistan. “As a nonaligned country, we

establish relations with all countries we believe share our concerns and interests and respect our territorial integrity and independence,” one official told reporters. The Soviet-supported

Afghanistan government accuses Pakistan of harboring its guerrilla opponents. Pakistan, home to thousands of Afghan refugees, denies the accusation. MORE TO READ