ISLAMABAD – Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir held atelephonic conversation with US Central Command (Centcom) General MichaelErik Kurilla, after a suicide bombing at a mosque in Peshawar that killedat least 100 mostly policemen.
A statement issued by Centcom chief in a tweet said, General Kurilla,CENTCOM commander, called Pakistan’s Chief of the Army Staff, General AsimMunir to express condolences over the terrorist attack.
It said the two sides spoke about counterterrorism and border security.
This is the second interaction between the generals of two strategic alliesas Commander United States Central Command called on Pakistan’s top generallast year in December.
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Gen Kurilla earlier visited Pakistan’s northwestern region with Pakistaniforces who apprised him about counter-terrorism and border managementmechanisms in place along Pakistan-Afghanistan Border.
The recent interaction comes after the deadliest attack in a decade as TTPkilled at least 100 people, most of them law enforcement, in the ghastlyattack.
