Top US-General discusses current security environment with Pakistani counterpart: Pentagon
What's the story
General Joseph Dunford, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, yesterday spoke to his Pakistani counterpart General Zubair Mahmood Hayat to discuss the "current security environment" in Pakistan, the Pentagon said, amid the spike in Indo-Pak tensions following Pulwama terror attack.
The telephonic talk is the highest level of contact between the two armies a day after India bombed terror camps in Pakistan.
Air strike
IAF bombed and destroyed JeM's biggest training camp in Balakot
India bombed and destroyed Jaish-e-Mohammed's (JeM) biggest terrorist training camp in Balakot in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, about 80-km from the Line of Control (LoC) early Tuesday, killing a "very large number" of terrorists, trainers and senior commanders.
The strike was the first by the Indian Air Force (IAF) inside Pakistan after the 1971 war.
Ramping up the rhetoric, Pakistan has threatened retaliation.
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No other details regarding the discussion were immediately available
"Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph F Dunford spoke today with Pakistan Chief of Defense Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat. They discussed the current security environment in Pakistan," Joint Staff Spokesperson Col. Patrick S. Ryder said. No other details were immediately available.
Pulwama attack
JeM attack on CRPF personnel sparked outrage in India
40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed in a suicide attack by Pakistan-based JeM in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama on February 14, sparking outrage in India and global condemnation.
Over the years, despite a deterioration in US-Pakistan bilateral ties, Gen Dunford has maintained a good working relationship with both his Pakistani counterpart Gen Hayat and Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa.