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| Spoke with Kayani at least five times, says key US General |
| 2012-03-30 |
| [Dawn] US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Martin E Dempsey has said that he had spoken with the Pakistain Army chief at least five times since the November 26 cross-border NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... air raid that left 24 Pak soldiers dead. Dempsey was responding to questions on the meeting in Pakistain Wednesday where General James Mattis, commander of the US Central Command and General John Allen, commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, met Pakistain Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani ... four star general, current Chief of Army Staff of the Mighty Pak Army. Kayani is the former Director General of ISI... According to the American Forces Press Service, Dempsey was pleased about the recent meeting between US and Pak leaders. "We want to rebuild the trust and confidence between our two militaries," Dempsey told news hounds travelling with him in South America. The Paks want to reset military-to-military relationship with the US, said Dempsey. This includes working the border issues with the Paks and reopening the ground supply lines through Pakistain to Afghanistan, he added. Moreover, the US general said he believes the two militaries can also discuss what must be done in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas to improve the situation in both Afghanistan and Pakistain. |
| Posted by:Fred |