Pakistan objects to US plan for Afghan war
Thursday, July 23, 2009
The News International, Pakistan, Thursday, July 23, 2009
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani officials have told the Obama administration that the Marines fighting the Taliban in southern Afghanistan will force militants across the border into Pakistan, with the potential to further inflame Balochistan, according to Pakistani intelligence officials.
Pakistan does not have enough troops to deploy to Balochistan to take on the Taliban without denuding its border with its archenemy, India, the officials said. Dialogue with the Taliban, not more fighting, is in Pakistan’s national interest, they said.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistani officials have told the Obama administration that the Marines fighting the Taliban in southern Afghanistan will force militants across the border into Pakistan, with the potential to further inflame Balochistan, according to Pakistani intelligence officials.
Pakistan does not have enough troops to deploy to Balochistan to take on the Taliban without denuding its border with its archenemy, India, the officials said. Dialogue with the Taliban, not more fighting, is in Pakistan’s national interest, they said.
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Labels: Afghan War, US Invasion of Afghanistan, War on Terror
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