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| Canberra ups ante on Taleban |
| 2008-07-31 |
| Australia is prepared to send counter-insurgency experts to help Pakistan prevent its rebellious northwest becoming a new breeding ground for global terrorism. Although rejecting any proposal to boost troop numbers in Afghanistan, Canberra is concerned by the frustratingly slow progress of the Nato-led war, and angered by the reluctance of European governments to commit more forces. Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon warned that the al Qaeda and Taleban insurgents infiltrating the largely lawless Federally Administered Tribal Areas and the adjoining Northwest Frontier Province presented a growing threat. |
| Posted by:Fred |