ISLAMABAD, May 9: Top military commanders from Pakistan, Afghanistan and the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) will meet here in the next few days for deliberations on rejuvenating the tripartite commission besides the usual agenda of improving border coordination.

“The talks will focus on enhancing efficiency of border coordination measures along the Pak-Afghan border and to improve multilateral mechanisms at operational and tactical levels,” the military’s public affairs wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations, said on Wednesday.

No dates were given for the meeting which was expected to be held later this week or early next week.

This will be the first high-level military meeting between the three sides since the November 26 Salala attacks. The chiefs of Pakistan Army, Afghan Army and Isaf last conferred in June 2011.

The tripartite mechanism was revived in February, but the interaction in Torkham was limited to a meeting of the directors general of military operations, who form the middle tier of the three layered tripartite mechanism, a joint forum on military and security issues that brings together representatives from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nato-led Isaf.

The February 8 border meeting resulted in modest progress on cross-border cooperation and several military working groups have met since then.

A US Department of Defence report launched recently noted that despite “these engagements, pervasive mistrust, longstanding tensions and divergent strategic interests continue to make genuine cooperation difficult.”

The report repeated allegations that militant groups were enjoying safe havens along the border in Pakistan and that their activities “continue to threaten the emergence of a durable and stable political solution in Afghanistan”.