TRIESTE, Italy (Kyodo) Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone and Afghan counterpart Rangin Dadfar Spanta agreed Friday on the need for a free and fair presidential election in Afghanistan in August, a Japanese official said.
The agreement was reached during their meeting on the fringes of Group of Eight foreign ministerial talks in this northern Italian port city.
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