Gen Kayani pushes US on intelligence sharing

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Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Friday asked the US military to share intelligence information on terrorist hideouts so that the Pakistan Army could take action against them, instead of the CIA carrying out drone strikes on its own in the Tribal Areas.
General Kayani was taking to General James N Mattis, commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM), who called on him in Rawalpindi. General Kayani also told the US general that Pakistan would facilitate Washington-backed dialogue between Kabul and the Taliban, but it could not extend any guarantee for the success of the talks. “The two military commanders discussed bilateral issues and matters of mutual interest, with special emphasis on improving coordination between ISAF and Pakistan Army, at Pak-Afghan border,” said a brief ISPR statement. An official said General Kayani and General Mattis agreed on the need to improve intelligence cooperation between the two sides in the fight against terrorism.
He said General Kayani was of the view that the US side should share intelligence, if there was any, on terrorist hideouts in the Tribal Areas and the Pakistani security forces would take them out, and hence there would be no need for drone strikes.
“The drone strikes should be stopped as they have proven to be counterproductive,” the official quoted General Kayani as saying during the meeting. “General Mattis reiterated the US demand to squeeze the Haqqani network by blocking the funds’ provision to the most powerful militant outfit, taking out its hideouts being allegedly used for explosives making in the Tribal Areas and making its cross-border movement more difficult,” the official said.
He said General Kayani observed that Pakistan was trying its best to end the menace of terror and it had no sympathies with any particular militant group.

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  2. Gen.Kiyani is literally a resolute man,,,he also refused USA when they urged Pakistani govt.to allow indian attacks on our homeland,,,salute to Gen.kiyani,,,Pakistan army zindabad

  3. For US attacks we are accepting but for india we cannot…. Y not india …. y US….. What a joke….. even let israel to come and lets fight together against terrorists…. hahahaha…

  6. frankly i am pretty surpised at you youngsters who think that running an institution is as easy as posting a comment. My dear gentlemen and women know this that while we sleep like babies during the nights men such as Pervaiz Musharraf and Gen. Kiyani are thinking about there next strategy to keep us away from harm

  7. Mr. Choraaha, I’m in my early fifties & yet I share the agony of youth of this country. "Leaders" responsible to run institutions like Army are the ones in whose hands hang the fate of nation, and hence are accountable for their deeds, including to ordinary bloggers.

    Had Musharraf & Kiyani been strategizing "how to keep us away from harm" while we were sleeping, it would have been impossible for anyone to convert Lal-Masjid (few KMs away from President House & ISI HQ) into an ammunition hub or for that matter Osama to be living in Abottabad, with no head rolling or repercussion for anyone subsequently in either case. There’re uncountable other incidents which tell how well they also sleep when we sleep.

  8. aslam o alikum.if all the muslim belive in only one ALLAH then there is no strong country only one pakistan.not only for usa or india all the hindu all ove the world.thts challange

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