ISLAMABAD: The commander of NATO-led forces inAfghanistan metPakistan andAfghanistan army chiefs on Sunday for talks on border security, almost six months after US airstrikes killed 24 soldiers.

The November 26 airstrikes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border provoked a major crisis in Pakistani-US relations.

Pakistanretaliated by shutting its Afghan border crossings to NATO supplies -- and the frontier remains closed.

"Talks focused on border control measures, and mechanisms put in place to avoid untoward incidents on both sides of the Pak-Afghan Border," aPakistanmilitary statement said.

The talks are the most significantPakistanhas hosted with the international military alliance and the Afghan military for a year.

On Saturday Allen held preliminary talks with Kayani on how to improve security in volatile areas bordering the two countries.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2012