KABUL - The top US and NATO commander in Afghanistan Gen. John Allen is expected to visit Pakistan tomorrow to review the implementation of "border coordination" measures between the two countries.
Pakistan's public relations site ISPR said that Allen will arrive on Thursday and will call on Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.
The tension between the two nations continues unabated, with both blaming the other for their country's insecurity as the Nato-led forces begin to leave Afghanistan.
Afghan military expert Jawid Kohistani believes that Pakistan is trying to create upheaval in Afghanistan using the Taliban, and fears that Afghan forces will not be capable of preventing their attacks.
"This is one of the main purposes of Pakistan: to take advantage of the current situation in Afghanistan and create insecurity by using the Taliban. However, the reaction of Afghan security forces against the insurgents is so weak," Kohistani told TOLOnews Wednesday.
The sense of deteriorating security in Afghanistan has been underlined by months of apparent cross-border shelling from Pakistan into its eastern Kunar and Nuristan provinces.
Afghan Ministry of Interior spokesman Sediq Sediqqi echoed Kohistani's sentiments Wednesday saying that Pakistan's support for insurgents poses one of the major threats for Afghanistan post 2014.
"If Pakistan continue supporting the insurgent groups, they will remain a major threat for Afghanistan's security in the future," Sediqqi said.
However, the Afghan Ministry of Defense (MOD) is more optimistic about the situation, saying Afghan forces have international support and a financial buffer of donations for a long period of time, which will make it more difficult for insurgents to make the situation worse.
"I don't believe the situation will worsen because our foreign troops will stay in Afghanistan for a long period of time and Afghan forces will have their international support," MOD spokesman Gen. Zahir Azimi said Wednesday.
The security transition period from foreign to Afghan control is expected to be completed by end of 2014. (Tolo News)