BRUSSELS: Top officers from NATO, Russia and Pakistan gave unanimous backing on Wednesday to
the new international strategy in Afghanistan, the head of the alliance’s military committee said.
“There was a feeling in the room that we are getting it right,” Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola told reporters after talks with military chiefs from more than 60 countries.
Di Paola said Russian army chief Nikolai Makarov and his Pakistani counterpart General Ashfaq Kayani had underlined that NATO’s success in defeating the insurgency would have important repercussions for their nations.
Di Paola said Makarov told the meeting Russia had a great interest in seeing NATO succeed.
He said Kayani had agreed with much the same thing as Makarov that “we have an even greater interest than you to have a peaceful, stable Afghanistan”.
Di Paola said Kayani was “incredibly in tune” with US General Stanley McChrystal’s approach to putting the
protection of Afghan civilians at the heart of the international strategy.
Kayani also spoke of “the same comprehensive approach to the problem of FATA”, Di Paola said. afp
Source:dailytimes.com.pk/
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