ISLAMABAD, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel Sharif Friday urged the visiting American military officials and diplomats to target the Pakistani Taliban leaders who now operate from the Afghan side of the border, the military said.
General John Nicholson, Commander Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan and Ambassador Richard Olson, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan met General Raheel Sharif, amid tension between the two countries over a recent U.S. drone strike in Balochistan.
The U.S. officials arrived in Islamabad after a series of harsh statements by the Pakistani leaders over the May 21 drone attack that killed the Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour at a time when efforts were underway to start peace negotiations in Afghanistan.
"Expressing his serious concern on the U.S. drone strike in Balochistan as a violation of Pakistan's sovereignty, the COAS (Chief of the Army Staff) highlighted as to how it had impacted the mutual trust and respect," an army statement said after the meeting.
The army chief underlined that the U.S. action was counterproductive in consolidating the gains of Pakistan military operation in the tribal regions.
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