Pakistan Army Chief Doubts If Afghanistan is ready for pull-out

Seville : Army Chief of Pakistan has doubted if neighboring Afghanistan would be ready for international troops to leave by 2014 as planned. 

General Ashfaq Kayani told Reuters at a NATO Military Committee conference in the Spanish city of Seville, "Frankly, I have my doubts, No date can be a final date," he said. 

The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force is training Afghan security forces and is due to fully withdraw from the war-torn central Asian country by 2014. 

NATO considers Pakistan to be a key regional player and Afghanistan's security situation was on the agenda at the U.S.-led alliance's two-day conference in Seville. 

Spokesman NATO said the alliance thought the gradual withdrawal of international forces was moving ahead on time. Taliban rebels have recently, however, managed to attack several well-guarded targets in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

Kayani added that he thought relations between the United States and Pakistan were satisfactory as he siad , "Relations are good. They are improving,"