Gen Mattis likely to discuss Nov 26 NATO attack, new border coordination procedures to avoid such incidents in future. PHOTO: AFP/REUTERS U.S. Sending Commander To Repair Ties With Pakistan -- New York Times
WASHINGTON — A senior American military commander is expected to travel to Pakistan this month in what Obama administration officials say is the first step toward thawing a strategic relationship that has been in effect frozen for more than two months.
Gen. James N. Mattis, the head of the military’s Central Command, will meet Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, the Pakistani Army chief of staff, to discuss the investigations of an exchange of fire at the Afghan border that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, as well as new border coordination procedures to prevent a recurrence of the episode.
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My Comment: It's going to take more than a visit from a General to improve U.S.- Pakistan relations.
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