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| Pakistan, ISAF agree on closer interaction to combat militants |
| 2008-06-28 |
| RAWALPINDI: Pakistan and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have agreed on closer interaction to combat militants. It was agreed in a meeting between ISAF Commander General McKiernan and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani at Army General Headquarters on Friday. It was the first interaction between the COAS and the ISAF commander following the killing of 11 Pakistani troops in a United States airstrike on June 11. They also agreed on more intelligence sharing between Pakistan and the ISAF to combat militants on both side of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, besides discussing co-operation in the ongoing war on terror. The ISAF chief also met Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Tariq Majid. “A stable Afghanistan is in the interest of Pakistan as well as South Asia,” General Majid told the ISAF chief. “Pakistan is following a comprehensive strategy based on political engagement and socio-economic development [of the Tribal Areas], backed by essential military force to combat militancy,” the CJCSC was quoted as saying by the ISPR. |
| Posted by:Steve White |