Kabul, Islamabad confer on Durand Line security

KABUL (Pajhwok): A high-level delegation Afghan Border Police (ABP) team on Monday visited the General Headquarters and held talks with Chief of General Staff (CGS) Lt. Gen. Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad.

The Pakistan military said matters related to border security and measures to enhance the existing coordination mechanism were discussed. The visit is part of a series of meetings planned on both sides of the border.

The 10-member delegation, headed by Afghan Border Police Commander Lt. General Shafiq Fazli, is currently in Pakistan on a five-day visit for forging coordination against terrorism.

Accompanied by his deputy Maj. Gen. Shahryar, Gen. Fazli told Pajhwok Afghan News the delegation had arrived in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Sunday for meetings with senior army officials on border security.

A week ago, Lt Gen Nasir Khan Janjua, Commander Southern Command, and Peshawar Corps Commander Lt Gen Hidayat-u-Rehman had visited Afghanistan to discuss issues of mutual importance.

The Pakistan military officials met their Afghan counterparts during their visit. Both sides discussed “matters related to border security coordination and ways of further enhancing the existing mechanism”.  

Earlier, a Pakistani military spokesman said the visits were aimed at enhancing the ongoing Pak-Afghan cooperation and would help boost confidence between the armies of the two countries.

Last month, Afghan Army Chief General Sher Muhammad Karimi had visited Pakistan and met his counterpart General Raheel Sharif.

During the meeting, the two sides had agreed that their commanders would begin meetings immediately to further coordinate cross-border security operations.

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