WASHINGTON- ISI's chief Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar left for Pakistan yesterday after a visit to the United States as the new leader of Pakistan’s prime intelligence agency.

During his stay in Washington, he held a series of meetings with heads of all major US intelligence agencies and briefed them on the security situation in the Pak-Afghan region. He also had a detailed meeting with US Homeland Security Adviser Lisa Monaco at the White House.

According to our sources, he discussed Pakistan’s efforts to facilitate reconciliation between the Taliban and the Afghan government.