Pentagon Sees Pakistan Shift, Downplays Afghan Impact -- New York Times/ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pakistan has shifted 100,000 of its troops from its Indian frontier to spearhead an unprecedented crackdown on militants along the Afghan border, but the offensives are unlikely to have an immediate impact on the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said.
In a report to Congress released on Wednesday, the Pentagon estimated that about 140,000 Pakistani troops were taking part in offensives against militants in the semi-autonomous tribal regions, known as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, or FATA, and the Northwest Frontier Province, near Afghanistan.
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2 comments:
now that is a major shift, is it not? what do you think? is the pentagon downplaying this troops movement because it fears that Pakistan could be credited for defeating the taliban (killing/capturing lots of their leaders), or what is this?
This is a major shift, but how far the Pakistan Government will go is still unknown.
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