Pakistani military chiefs brief Petraeus

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 29 (UPI) -- U.S. Gen. David Petraeus met with top Pakistani military officials to hear briefings on operations in the tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan.

Petraeus, the top military official at U.S. Central Command, met with Pakistani army Chief of Staff Gen. Ashfaq Kayani to brief the American commander on operations in the Swat Valley and South Waziristan province.

Kayani raised the issue of possible spillover effects from the influx of U.S. and international forces surging into Afghanistan as part of a revamped war effort there, Pakistani newspaper the Daily Times reports.

U.S. President Barack Obama earlier this year had coupled military operations in Afghanistan to developments in Pakistan in the latest push to bring security to the region.

Kayani and Petraeus also discussed the use of missile attacks on the Pakistani tribal areas by unmanned U.S. drones.

Last week the U.S. military launched a strike on a funeral for commanders of the Taliban in raids targeting Baitullah Mehsud, the head of the Pakistani Taliban, though he had left the funeral just minutes before the attacks.

South Waziristan, located in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, is the center of the U.S.-led effort against al-Qaida and Taliban operatives.