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US forces are massing in eastern Afghanistan amid reports of an imminent drone missile offensive against fighters from the Haqqani Network, a Taliban faction that operates from safe havens in Pakistan's North Waziristan Agency, Pakistan army sources have confirmed.
The scale of the American build-up caused panic in north Waziristan, where tribal militias gathered in the capital Miranshah.
Local officials warned that Pakistan's armed forces would repel any incursion across the border by American forces, but military sources in Islamabad and Afghan officials suggested the build-up was co-ordinated.
Relations between Washington and Islamabad have deteriorated in recent months as American officials increased pressure on Pakistan to launch an offensive against the Haqqani Network. (©Daily Telegraph, London)
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Pakistani army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani told a parliamentary defense committee on Tuesday that Pakistan was no longer in need of American military aid.
Iftikhar Khan of Dawn.com reported that Kayani received a call from Washington asking if he meant it. “My reply was we mean what we say,” Kayani said during the briefing in Rawalpindi, stressing that Pakistan would not compromise its national sovereignty.
The General also ruled out the possibility of unilateral U.S. military action on Pakistani soil, saying the Americans will have to “think 10 times before going for this." Kayani's comments come in light of a U.S. military build-up near North Waziristan, home of the Haqqani Network militant group.
Kayani had been asked to comment on the possibility of a U.S. strike in Pakistan for its failure in Afghanistan, similar to the way the U.S. attacked Laos and Cambodia during Vietnam. Kayani said he would like to remind the Americans that Pakistan was a nuclear power and must not be compared with Iraq and Afghanistan
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The scale of the American build-up caused panic in north Waziristan, where tribal militias gathered in the capital Miranshah.
Local officials warned that Pakistan's armed forces would repel any incursion across the border by American forces, but military sources in Islamabad and Afghan officials suggested the build-up was co-ordinated.
Relations between Washington and Islamabad have deteriorated in recent months as American officials increased pressure on Pakistan to launch an offensive against the Haqqani Network. (©Daily Telegraph, London)
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In other news:
Pakistani army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani told a parliamentary defense committee on Tuesday that Pakistan was no longer in need of American military aid.
Iftikhar Khan of Dawn.com reported that Kayani received a call from Washington asking if he meant it. “My reply was we mean what we say,” Kayani said during the briefing in Rawalpindi, stressing that Pakistan would not compromise its national sovereignty.
The General also ruled out the possibility of unilateral U.S. military action on Pakistani soil, saying the Americans will have to “think 10 times before going for this." Kayani's comments come in light of a U.S. military build-up near North Waziristan, home of the Haqqani Network militant group.
Kayani had been asked to comment on the possibility of a U.S. strike in Pakistan for its failure in Afghanistan, similar to the way the U.S. attacked Laos and Cambodia during Vietnam. Kayani said he would like to remind the Americans that Pakistan was a nuclear power and must not be compared with Iraq and Afghanistan
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