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US CENTCOM chief meets Musharraf

IRNA

Islamabad, Oct 6, IRNA -- The commander of the US Central Command, 
Gen John P. Abizaid Monday met Pakistan`s President General Pervez 
Musharraf and discussed with him regional situation, official sources 
said. 
Sources said the two sides have discussed Pakistan-US cooperation 
in Afghanistan, particularly hunt for Al Qaeda fighters. 
They said Pakistan sought US help to further strengthening 
security of the its border with Afghanistan. 
General Abizaid who arrived in Islamabad Sunday on a two-day 
visit, will also meet the Vice Chief of the Army Staff, Gen Mohammad 
Yousaf Khan. 
The United States wants Pakistani troops for Iraq but Islamabad 
pleads for international cover to any peacekeeping in the 
war-shattered Iraq. 
Pakistan is a close ally of the United States in war against 
al-Qaeda and Taliban in Afghanistan and US Deputy Secretary of State 
Richard Armitage has praised Pakistan`s cooperation with the United 
States. 
TK/TSH/210 
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