A Pentagon spokesman said that the U.S. military will not conduct hot pursuit of Taliban and allied jihadist fighters from Afghanistan into Pakistan. Additionally, the spokesman said that the military would be fine if the Taliban was operating on the Pakistani side of the border.
“We have no authority to go into Pakistan,” Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Mike Andrews told Pajhwok Afghan News. U.S. forces could ask for authority to chase Taliban fighters as they cross the border into Pakistan, but approval for such action “would certainly be the exception and not the norm,” he continued.
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WNU Editor: The Pentagon spokesman is claiming that the U.S. can accept the Taliban presence in Pakistan as long as Afghanistan is secure ....
.... the U.S. military can accept the Taliban presence inside Pakistan just as long as Afghanistan was secured.
The problem is that the Taliban do not stay put in Pakistan, and Afghanistan is far from secure.
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