The Tripartite Commission, composed of senior military and diplomatic representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan, the coalition forces in Afghanistan, and the Nato International Security Assistance Force, held its 18th meeting here on Wednesday.
Delegates included General Ahsan Saleem Hayat, Vice Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army; General Bismullah Khan Mohammedi, Chief of Staff of the Afghan National Army; Lieutenant General Karl Eikenberry, commander of Combined Forces Command Afghanistan; and Lieutenant General David Richards, commander of Nato-ISAF.
The 18th meeting consisted of several briefings to update the participants on issues of mutual interest. In order to co-ordinate the movements along the border areas, the participants discussed and agreed to a proposal to conduct co-ordinated patrols by the Afghan National Army, Pakistan Army, coalition forces and Nato-ISAF forces based in Afghanistan, on their respective sides of the border, simultaneously. The Border Security Subcommittee discussed the progress being made in Regional Command East and Regional Command South.
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