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| Pakistan reinforces troops on Indian border |
| 2010-03-26 |
| Pakistan has sent extra troops to its border with India, saying rising tensions with its neighbour prevent it from expanding its military campaign against Taliban militants on its western border. The move came as Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, held talks with Pakistan's military leadership in Washington about how to exert more pressure on Taliban forces fighting US and Nato troops in Afghanistan. Islamabad's envoy to London told the Financial Times that assertiveness by New Delhi was sapping his country's ability to fight Pakistani Taliban militants. He said Islamabad had been unsettled by pressure on its eastern border created by the building of military cantonments close to the sensitive frontier over the past year. “This is taking away from our defence capabilities on the Afghan border,' Mr Hasan said. “We really wish the international community would intervene, but nobody has said anything to the Indians." Pakistani officials said the number of troops the army had deployed was modest and declined to give details, though the reinforcements are estimated to be in the hundreds. "This is more of a political and diplomatic problem rather than a strategic one,' said a western diplomat based in Islamabad. “Every time Pakistan has to defend itself on criticism for gaps in its campaign, they bring up India. The campaigns in Waziristan cannot be expanded because of India, for example, is one issue". “We have enough problems of our own on our eastern border,' said Mr Kasuri (Khurshid Kasuri, a former Pakistani foreign minister). “We are concerned about India. Resolve the problems with India and then [our security orientation] could change.' |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #3 But with nukes |
| Posted by: john frum 2010-03-26 15:18 |
| #2 They sound just like the Paleos. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2010-03-26 09:11 |
| #1 because, of course, India is always infiltrating terrorists... oh, wait |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-03-26 07:46 |