Thursday, January 22, 2015

Another senior Pakistani Army General visits Afghanistan

Another senior Pakistani Army General visited Afghanistan on Thursday amid frequent visits by Pakistani security officials following a deadly school attack in December last year.
At least 141 people mostly school children were killed after a group of Pakistani Taliban militants launched coordinated attack on Peshawar school.
According to reports, Pakistan Army Commander Southern Lt General Nasir Khan Janjua met with his Afghan counterpart and discussed matters of mutual interest.
Pakistan’s Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the military leaders discussed the Pakistan-Afghanistan security situation.
ISPR also added that the leaders deliberated over the recommendation about improving the border security.
This comes as the Corps Commander Peshawar Lt General Hidayat ur Rahman visited Afghanistan on 18 January to meet with the Afghan officials, while Pakistan’s Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) Chief Gen. Rizwan Akhtar visited Kabul on 11th January to meet with Afghan officials including President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani.
According to the ISPR the recent visits by top Pakistani military leaders are aimed at etter the coordination between militaries of both Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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