The head of Centcom calls the Chief of Army Staff and talks about regional security.
According to ISPR, a delegation from the United States will visit the Torkham border today.
General Michael Erik Kurilla, the commander of Central Command (CENTCOM), visited General Headquarters (GHQ) on Thursday to address regional security issues as well as other related topics of interest to both parties.
According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), a flower wreath was placed at the Martyrs’ Monument by the US general in memory of the Pakistani martyrs.
The military’s media wing also disclosed that a contingent of the Pakistani Army gave the visiting dignitary a guard of honour.
A delegation-level meeting was held after the US commander spoke with General Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff (COAS).
According to the ISPR, the conference covered topics of mutual interest, regional stability and security, defence and security cooperation, especially military-to-military connections.
The commander praised Pakistan for its accomplishments in the battle against terrorism, flood relief efforts, and regional peacemaking.
Today (Thursday), the party will also travel to Torkham, where he will learn about the border management and counterterrorism measures in place along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
The US had earlier this month vowed to “take action” against the Taliban government if it saw foreign terrorists reorganising there.
Ned Price, a spokesperson for the US State Department, said in a news conference that the Taliban was “either unable or unwilling to live up to the commitments that they’ve made in a number of areas” in response to a question about their failure to provide safe havens for terrorist organisations.
He had said, adding that the US had an interest in this, “One of those areas is the commitment they have made to counterterrorism, to seeing to it that Afghanistan does not once again become a refuge for international terrorists, a launch pad for attacks against countries well beyond its borders.”
According to the spokesperson, the US possessed “capabilities” for counterterrorism in the area, meaning they were not “totally subject to the Taliban.”
He had stated that the killing of the now-deceased al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri had “demonstrated those capabilities in recent months.”
The US had, in the words of Price, “lived up to the commitment that you have repeatedly heard from President Biden since the drawdown of military personnel from Afghanistan last year, that we will take action if we observe foreign terrorists assembling in Afghanistan.”
He had stated again, “We will operate in a manner that preserves our interests.”
He had stated that the “broader purpose” of the US was to prevent other groups from using Afghanistan as a base for strikes against Pakistan.
He had previously stated that “we are determined to engage with our partners in the region, particularly Pakistan, to do everything we can to take on the threat of terrorism in the region, and undoubtedly the threat of terrorism that extends well beyond the region.”
