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Top military commanders of Pakistan, Afghanistan and NATO met in Kabul on Monday and discussed the border coordination and reviewed the current security situation in Afghanistan, officials said.
Pakistan's Army Chief General Raheel Sharif attended the tripartite meeting that has assumed importance at a time when the foreign forces are chalking out exit strategy and Afghan forces will burden security for the next month's elections.
The tripartite meeting discussed the transfer of security responsibility to Afghan National Security Forces in the wake of U. S./ISAF drawdown and enhanced bilateralism between Pakistan and Afghanistan, a statement issued by the Pakistani military in the garrison city of Rawalpindi said.
The top generals particularly laid emphasis on coordination arrangements along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, it said.
Afghan military officials also briefed the Pakistani delegation over the latest security situation in Afghanistan with special emphasis on the Afghan presidential elections.
The meeting was held at the Afghan Ministry of Defense and attended by Raheel Sharif, along with Afghan National Army Chief of General Staff General Sher Muhammad Karimi and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Commander General Joseph Dunford.
The Pakistani army chief held separate meetings with the Afghan First Vice President Mohammad Younus Qanooni and Afghan Defense Minister General Bismillah Muhammadi and discussed matters of mutual interest, the military said.
General Raheel Sharif visited Kabul at a time when tensions have increased along the common border following recent clashes.
Afghanistan claimed on Thursday that one of its border police officers was killed as clashes broke out with Pakistani troops along the border in southern Kandahar province.
The Afghan Interior Ministry had also alleged that Pakistani forces had started "construction of bunkers and check posts inside the Afghan territory" in the Maroof district of Kandahar.
The Pakistan Army had rejected these claims and in turn accused Afghan forces of firing at a Pakistani post.
Pakistan and Afghanistan have nearly 2,500 kilometers of joint border and both routinely accuse each other of cross-border attacks.
