Pakistan redeploys troops to stop Afghan Taliban escape
Friday, July 3, 2009
The News International, Pakistan, Friday, July 03, 2009
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is redeploying some of its border forces to an area opposite Afghanistan’s Helmand province to block any Taliban trying to flee the US offensive launched there on Thursday, a military spokesman said.
Nearly 4,000 US Marines plus 650 Afghan forces moved into Afghanistan’s Helmand province early Thursday to take on the Taliban in one of their strongholds. Southern Helmand shares a 200 km desert border with Balochistan and troops were being moved there to “challenge any crossing”, said military spokesman Major-General Athar Abbas.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is redeploying some of its border forces to an area opposite Afghanistan’s Helmand province to block any Taliban trying to flee the US offensive launched there on Thursday, a military spokesman said.
Nearly 4,000 US Marines plus 650 Afghan forces moved into Afghanistan’s Helmand province early Thursday to take on the Taliban in one of their strongholds. Southern Helmand shares a 200 km desert border with Balochistan and troops were being moved there to “challenge any crossing”, said military spokesman Major-General Athar Abbas.
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