WASHINGTON: The United States sees any chance to build participation and coordination with the Pakistani military as a good thing, says the US Defense Department, while remarking on Islamabad's offer to prepare Afghan security drives in Pakistan.
Armed force Chief Gen Raheel Sharif, who lands in Washington on Saturday on a weeklong visit to the United States, offered to prepare Afghan security compels in Pakistan when he went by Kabul recently.
"I believe that is something that the Afghan government needs to address, the degree to which they find that supportive," said Pentagon representative Rear Admiral John Kirby when asked to remark on the Pakistani offer.
"We've said up and down, Pakistan's a key accomplice in the district. Any open door that can be needed to build participation and coordination with the Pakistani military is a good thing."
Inquired as to whether exchanging a percentage of the obligations to Pakistan would reduce the load on US constrains, Mr Kirby said the US mission in Afghanistan will change toward the end of the year, from fighting the adversary to preparing, prompting and aiding the Afghan strengths.
"We are working nearly with our Nato associates on the sourcing for that," he said, including that there would be requirement for "a critical worldwide responsibility to the preparation and instructing concerning Afghan National Security Forces post 2014".
The Pentagon representative said that numerous countries were at that point included in that exertion, essentially through Nato protection.
"I would not conjecture about the part that Pakistan may play. That is truly for the Pakistani government to converse with," he said.
Back Admiral Kirby was just as watchful when solicited to clarify the goals from Gen Sharif's visit to the United States.
"You ought to ask the Pakistani government what he's going to say," he said. "What's more you ought to converse with the Pakistani authority about what their desires are for the excursion."
The Washington Post, in any case, gave an account of Friday that Gen Sharif would be welcomed with "far less incredulity" than his antecedent when he touches base on his first visit to the United States as the armed force boss.
The principal evidence of progress came a week ago, when a senior US general attempted to decrease the effect of a prior Pentagon report which rebuked Pakistan for proceeded with activist assaults on US constrains in Afghanistan.
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