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Summary General Mattis, head of the US Central Command, oversees the wars in Afghanistan and Middle East.
US military commander James Mattis met Pakistans top brass on Thursday with shaky ties again tested by a White House report criticising Pakistans fight against the Taliban.General Mattis, head of the US Central Command overseeing the wars in Afghanistan and the Middle East, would meet Pakistans army chief Ashfaq Kayani for a “regular, scheduled visit”, the US embassy in Islamabad said. “Its not extraordinary. Its a military to military relationship,” said embassy spokesman Alberto Rodriguez.The semi-annual White House report to Congress, released on Tuesday, noted a deterioration of the situation in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, and said operations were not complemented by plans to “hold” and “build” the areas.Mattis is the most senior US official to visit Islamabad since Pakistan released a CIA contractor who shot dead two men in Lahore in January.
