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In a meeting between US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Richard Olson with Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry on Saturday, Pakistan and The United States agreed to continue their bilateral engagement and cooperation for peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan.
The meeting between the diplomats of the two countries was the second in three weeks since their relationship took a nosedive due to a US drone attack in Nushki in May that took out Afghan Taliban chief, Mullah Akhtar Mansour, and amid growing concerns in the US Congress that Pakistan is soft on the Haqqani network and the Taliban during its counterterrorism operations. On the other hand, Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif negated the reservations in Congress during a meeting with a senior US bi-partisan Congressional delegation led by Senator John McCain, Chairman Senate Armed Services Committee, at the General Headquarters. Gen Raheel highlighted the successes of military’s counterterrorism Operation Zarb-i-Azb in North Waziristan and listed unregulated border and rocky ties with Afghanistan as major challenges for sustaining those achievements.
A statement issued by the ISPR about the meeting said that “[the] COAS dilated upon security challenges faced by Pakistan and Pakistan’s contribution to regional stability and global peace. Pakistan’s successes in war on terror, [and] need for an effective border management across [the] long porous Pak-Afghan border to check illegal movement on either side of the border were also discussed.” The delegation included Senators Lindsey Graham and Joe Donnelly.
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