Pakistan - A Summit of Generals - NYTimes.com The Pakistani Army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, met with American military commanders - Gen. James Mattis, the central command leader, and Gen. John R. Allen, the top commander in Afghanistan - for the first time since American warplanes killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last November, in a visit that was seen as a first step in clearing the air between uneasy allies. The Pakistani news media reported that General Kayani told his visitors that he rejected the American military inquiry into the Nov. 26 airstrikes - a position the army has previously expressed in public. The American report found fault with both sides for the episode, which caused Pakistan to close NATO supply lines into Afghanistan. Pakistan insists that United States forces were entirely at fault and has demanded an apology. The meeting coincided with the official start in Islamabad of a parliamentary debate on diplomatic relations with Washington.