US general David Petraeus on Monday visited Pakistan and held talks with its army chief on ways to bolster regional security, the US embassy said in a statement. "General David H. Petraeus, Commander of the Nato International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, visited Pakistan today to meet with General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff," the embassy said.
"They discussed topics of mutual interest and ways to improve regional security," it said in a statement. This is Petraeus' sixth visit to Pakistan as the Nato ISAF commander, it said. "He has long-established relationships with General Kayani and the Pakistani military from his time as the US Central Command commander," the statement said, adding that his last visit to Pakistan was January 31, 2011. On Saturday Kayani said his forces had inflicted deep wounds on the militants after the United States had criticised the country's efforts to quell Taliban and al Qaeda-linked insurgents holed-up in its tribal belt.
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