Pakistan Threatens To Quit Fighting Against The Taliban

Pak Threatens To Pull Troops From Afghan Border -- IBN Live

Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday threatened to pull back its troops from the border with Afghanistan, as Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar said his country could not afford to keep forces deployed there following the suspension of US military assistance.

Reacting to the Obama Administration's decision http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifto suspend $ 800 million aid to Pakistan, Mukhtar said this would force the country to pull back troops from nearly 1,100 check posts set up along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. The check posts were set up as part of understanding with Washington to beef up security in the restive tribal belt.

The minister disclosed that $ 300 million of the suspended aid was specifically meant for troops serving in this troubled region.

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My Comment: When Pakistan kicks out US military advisers and refuses to act on US intel that pinpoints militant bases .... that is when you know the alliance is dead, and in this case .... from my vantage point .... it is easy to say that this relationship is very dead.