An official in Washington told BBC Urdu, on condition of anonymity, that during his first visit to the United States, the army chief had said that heavy firing by Indian troops along the border and statements issued by their leaders were affecting Pakistain's campaign in fighting against extremism.
Gen Raheel told US officials that Pakistain has deployed 140,000 troops on its Western borders after getting assurance that there would be peace with India on its Eastern borders which did not happen.
However,
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there was no word on Gen Raheel's statement by the US, but experts often say that the US now avoids interfering in India-Pakistain matters.
Frequency of ceasefire violation along the LoC and working boundary has increased during the past several weeks. Pakistain has also established diplomatic channels to communicate with India over the issue. More than 19 people have bit the dust on both sides as a result of the cross-border conflict.
Gen Raheel was expected to meet US congressmen on Wednesday (today) where he would brief them on the ongoing operation Zarb-e-Azb
..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)...
in North
Wazoo. Issues related to US-Pakistain long-term strategic partnership post-withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan would also be discussed during the meeting.