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Pakistan's army chief Gen Ashfaq Kayani has met US defence leaders in Washington as the two countries begin a week-long strategic dialogue.

In a written deposition to the court, army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said he backed a full inquiry.

One hopes he did not speak for the real power in the land, General Ashfaq Kayani, the armed-forces chief.

Nor do outsiders. Just after they had killed bin Laden, the Americans first telephoned General Kayani, not the president.

The American source says: "Kayani has done everything he has promised to do, and he has not missed the deadlines by much. "

General Kayani told fellow officers that the civilian response had been "insufficient" .

The appointment, part of a broader top-brass shuffle, consolidates General Kayani's grip on the army.

The ISI is an integral part of the Pakistan military, and the current head, Lt. Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha, is a close confidant of Kayani.

The army remains the country's dominant force, and many believe General Kayani's extension is a blow to a fragile democracy.

Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani was also present during the ceremony.

The laconic General Kayani has mostly kept out of domestic politics, but he has left no doubt who is in charge.

As Kayani's remarks indicated, the CIA drone strikes in Pakistani territory deeply anger both the Pakistani military and public.

In public, by contrast, General Kayani growled that America was trampling on Pakistan and must reduce its "footprint" .

Army chief General Ashfaq Kayani has promised to keep the army out of politics.

The acknowledgement came after the army's chief of staff, General Ashfaq Kayani, held a meeting with his core commanders.

Reports say General Kayani warned America to focus on stabilising Afghanistan, instead of pushing Pakistan to attack militant groups.

General Pasha has supported his chief's efforts to withdraw the army from politics and to fight militants on the Afghan-Pakistan border.

Might General Kayani thus become a power behind the throne in Afghanistan too?

The current army chief, General Ashfaq Kayani, a former Musharraf loyalist, could never allow that.

But we are not going to let Kayani drive this outcome.

Kayani has frequently voiced his security philosophy as being "India-centric. "

On Tuesday, General Kayani named General Ahmed Shujaa Pasha as the new ISI chief.

But Pakistan army chief General Ashfaq Kayani strongly criticized on Wednesday, September 11, cross-border raids by US forces.

General Kayani told a diplomat in Islamabad recently that he backs peace efforts with India, but he has done little about it.

Generals Kayani and Pasha are struggling to calibrate their response.

GENERAL ASHFAQ KAYANI'S moment of pleasure was fleeting.

Pakistan's army chief, Ashfaq Kayani, called the strike a "complete violation of human rights" .

Last year it pressed the government to give General Ashfaq Kayani an extension of his term as chief of army staff;