A US military and intelligence team, headed by Brigadier-General Kavin Chilton, arrived in Islamabad last Sunday and held intensive talks on information sharing for consecutive three days.
"The Pak-US military talks have completed," said Maj Gen Qureshi. The US delegation was a mid-level US mission, and it completed first phase of exchange of views with their Pakistani counterparts.
When asked, he said no operation plan came under discussion in these military talks. The operation plan was not supposed to be discussed, he added. The US administration asked Pakistan for exchange of information, use of its airspace and logistics, though in broader terms Pakistan fully supported the global campaign against terrorism.
It is learnt that the present US military delegation in collaboration with Pakistani military officials had completed the exercise "assessment of the situation" after evolving consensus on exchange of views.
This US delegation will be returning to Washington today where it would brief the Pentagon bosses, as Pakistan expects another senior level US military delegation to land here for talks within a fortnight.
Some differences were resolved Tuesday when the some US delegation members held a 40-minute meeting with President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the sources said. The sources did not specify which points had been resolved.
During Tuesday's talks, the Pakistani and US intelligence officials exchanged information on bin Laden's whereabouts, the sources said. Also participating in the talks were Pakistan's director of military operations and the special operations wing of Pakistani intelligence.
A source close to Pakistan's defence ministry said the two sides were discussing specifics of an operational plan with their counterparts, and that another American delegation was expected soon. |
