Kabul, June 11 (TNS): The Afghan and Pakistani military officials have reportedly met in Pakistan to boost the bilateral cooperation on security level amid ongoing efforts to establish the joint working groups as part of the Afghanistan Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity (APAPPS), Afghan media reported on Monday.
The Afghan and Pakistani operations chiefs participated in the last round of the bilateral talks on Sunday to review progress on security cooperation, appointment of liaison officers and establishment of coordination centres along the border.
Sources privy of the development have told Afghan media that the director generals military operations of the two countries met amid growing interaction between the military officials in recent months to finalise deployment of liaison officers (LOs), establishment of Ground Coordination Centres (GCCs) for intelligence sharing and to monitor cross-border movement of militants.
The Liaison Officers would share intelligence about suspects to the host country and would accompany intelligence officials during raids against suspects, according to the sources.
Ground Coordination Centres will be established at Torkham and Chaman, the main crossing points in the first phase, and more will be put in place at a later stage along other border points.
