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Afghanistan
Pakistan eyes military, intelligence, political mechanism with Kabul for counter-terrorism
2017-02-27
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Amid deteriorating relations between Kabul
...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the World and didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either....
and Islamabad, the government of Pakistain eyes to create a joint mechanism, involving military, intelligence, and political cooperation to jointly fight terrorism.

Pakistain’s foreign affairs adviser Sartaj PrunefaceAziz
...Adviser to Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on National Security and Foreign Affairs, who believes in good jihadis and bad jihadis as a matter of national policy...
informed regarding the talks during a presser in Islamabad on Saturday.

He said Islamabad has sent its proposals to Kabul for the joint mechanism and further talks are expected on the sidelines of Regional Economic Cooperation Conference.

Aziz further added that both Kabul and Islamabad have agreed to the notion that terrorism a common enemy and an agreement has been reached for joint cooperation to deal with the issue.

According to the local media reports, the two sides have quietly started working on a proposal, which envisages engagement at multiple levels -- military, intelligence, and political.

This comes as tensions further intensified between the two nations following a series of deadly attacks across Pakistain in the past three weeks.

Posted by:Fred

#1  the government of Pakistain eyes to create a joint mechanism, involving military, intelligence, and political cooperation to jointly fight terrorism

Which has pretty much been Pakistan's objective - not to fight terrorism, but to gain 'cooperation'.
Posted by: Pappy   2017-02-27 12:36  

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