ISLAMABAD: Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani met with NATO ISAF
commander in Afghanistan John R Allen and exchanged views on a set of
issues including situation arising out of Afghan terrorists attack on
Pakistan security forces in Chitral , Pak-Afghan border issues and
other matters of mutual situation.
As per US embassy NATO
commander during his visit to Pakistan discussed with Army Chief issue
of bringing improvement in regional security and he also met with staff
members of US embassy. He was also given briefing on the latest
situation pertaining to US assistance in the security matters of
Pakistan.
Gen Allen also visited 11th corps headquarters in
Peshawar to become cognizant of latest situation of activities in
Pakistan and to hold talks on security related matters near Pak-Afghan
borders. He met senior officials therein.
Military sources told
Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani expressed grave concern over attack on
Security Forces in Chitral saying NATO should stop illegal movement and
infiltration from across Afghan borders immediately. “We hope NATO will
take concrete steps to guard against recurrence of such incident in
future”, he hoped.
NATO commander assured effective steps would
be taken to exercise strict watch on movement of terrorists on Afghan
borders in future saying cooperation from Pakistan with NATO has always
remained very vital. Online
