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Australia asks Pakistan to do more on Taliban
Australian Prime Minister John Howard has written to President General Pervez Musharraf asking him to do more to stop Taliban fighters crossing from Pakistan into southern Afghanistan, where Australian troops are being sent.As Australia prepares to double its troop commitment in Afghanistan, Mr Howard said in a letter to Gen Musharraf in February that the Taliban flow from Pakistan threatened the lives of Australian troops sent to Oruzgan province, The Weekend Australian newspaper reports. The newspaper says before the new commitment of troops, the head of the Australian Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, was forced to engage in difficult and lengthy negotiations with Dutch counterpart General DL Berlijn over the rules of engagement. Posted by: Fred 2007-04-15 |
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