United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief John Brennan flew to Pakistan on friday for a clandestine meeting with army chief general Raheel Sharif to discuss a possible military operation against militants in the country’s northwest.
Relations between the Pakistani and US security establishments touched the lowest point after the May 2011 American raid in Abbottabad that killed al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.
But the two sides have reached out to each other as US-led forces prepare to leave Afghanistan by the end of the year.
