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'No foreign troops allowed in Pakistan'
[Iran Press TV] Pakistain has ruled out the idea of any foreign troops operating on its soil, saying it is capable of defeating Orcs and similar vermin within its borders.
The report had disclosed that American military commanders in Afghanistan are preparing to go ahead with a plan to expand ground operations into tribal areas of Pakistain. "Pak forces are capable of handling the bad boy threat within our borders and no foreign forces are allowed or required to operate inside our sovereign territory," Pakistain's Dawn news agency quoted Haqqani as saying on Tuesday. US military has frequently stressed Pakistain's inability in tackling bad boys' sanctuaries while Pakistain declares it has made "enormous gains and tremendous sacrifices" in the fight against terrorism and militancy over the last two years. Pakistain has deployed over 100,000 troops to its borders with Afghanistan where militancy has run rampant in the past few years. NATO has denied the report saying the US has no intention of sending special forces into Pakistain's tribal areas. "There is absolutely no truth to reporting in The New York Times that US forces are planning to conduct ground operations into Pakistain," NATO's deputy chief of communications, Gregory Smith, said. US military's main strategy in fighting Orcs and similar vermin in Pakistain has been carrying out Though Washington at times has claimed it has an agreement with Islamabad about such attacks, Pak authorities insist there has never been such a deal and that they view the Posted by: Fred 2010-12-22 |
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