RAWALPINDI: Commander US CENTCOM General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr on Fridaycalled on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, InterServices Public Relations (ISPR) reported.
According to the ISPR, the delegations headed by US Centcom commander andCOAS Qamar Javed Bajwa discussed the geo-strategic environment and regionalsecurity.
They also discussed Pakistan- US military cooperation besides also mullingover the Afghanistan Peace Process and Kashmir situation.
Earlier in the day, welcoming the momentous intra-Afghan peace talks to beheld in Qatar starting Saturday,linkPrimeMinister Imran Khan expressed his contentment in a statement on Friday.
“Finally, our combined efforts have brought forth the day,” PM Khan tweetedwelcoming the inception of long-awaited talks. He added that it’s the daythat the “Afghan people have been yearning for.”
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He said that Afghanistan remained embattled with bloodshed andcontroversies for over 40 years. “For more than 40 years, Afghans havesuffered from continued conflict and bloodshed,” and added that Pakistanhas endured the fall-out which ensued “terrorism, loss of precious lives,and huge economic cost.”
“I have underlined for a long time that there is no military solution tothe conflict in Afghanistan,” the PM said stressing that the only wayforward is a “negotiated political settlement”.
