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Friday, June 25, 2010
Pakistan must tighten Afghan border control, says HolbrookeStaff Report
ISLAMABAD: US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke called on Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani on Thursday, and expressed his concerns over Pak-Afghan border security, seeking a tighter grip from Pakistan’s border security forces, diplomatic sources told Daily Times.
According to an ISPR press release, the US envoy remained with the army chief for some time and discussed matters of mutual interest, including the imposition of stricter security measures on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan to speed up the operation against the local Taliban.
He told him of the reasons behind the Obama’s decision to remove General Stanley McChrystal and the appointment of General David Petraeus as the new US commander in Afghanistan.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk