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October 16, 2008
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Thursday
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Shawwal 16, 1429
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Three-way talks on security along Afghan border
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: Top Pakistani, Afghan and Nato military commanders met on Wednesday for their first three-way talks since US forces infuriated Pakistan last month with an attack on a Pakistani border village.
Cooperation between the military in Pakistan and Afghan and Western forces in Afghanistan is seen as vital as Taliban violence intensifies on both sides of the Afghan border.
Cross-border strikes by US forces, in particular a Sept 3 raid by US commandos on a Pakistani village, have led to calls from opposition politicians in Pakistan to end its help for US-led campaign against militancy.
The military commanders held a meeting of their so-called Tripartite Commission at the military’s headquarters in Rawalpindi to review security along the border, Pakistan’s military said.
“While the forum expressed satisfaction at the current level of cooperation, it also discussed steps for better coordination and enhanced cooperation to avoid misunderstandings,” the military said in a statement.
Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Kayani, his Afghan counterpart Gen Bismullah Khan and Nato force commander in Afghanistan Gen David McKiernan attended the talks.—Reuters
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