Pakistani media outlets reported that the country’s Chief of Army Staff, Asim Munir, expressed concern about the situation in Afghanistan and Indian Kashmir during a meeting with the Secretary General of the United Nations.
So far, more details of the conversation between Asim Munir and Antonio Guterres in New York have not been published.
Militant attacks on the country's security forces have increased in recent months, and Islamabad accuses the Afghan Taliban of harbouring the Pakistani Tehreek-e-Taliban fighters. However, the Afghan Taliban rejected the claim and said that Pakistan blames Afghanistan for the inability of its security forces to ensure its internal security.
He also expressed concerns regarding the recent decision of the Supreme Court of India on the merger of Kashmir and asked the United Nations to provide the grounds for a plebiscite so the “Kashmiris decide their future”.
The Pakistan Army announced the arrival of Asim Munir and Nadeem Anjam, Directorate General of Inter-Services Intelligence of Pakistan, to the United States on Friday. It stated that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met these two senior Pakistani officials at the ministry's headquarters.
These two high-ranking Pakistani generals are set to meet General Lloyd Austin, the Secretary of Defence, and General Charles Q Brown, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Army.
Pakistan's military officials hope to gain more support from the US in what Islamabad calls the fight against terrorism.
