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| No Al Qaeda, Taliban Have Entered Pakistan: Qureshi |
| 2003-01-05 |
| Source: SANA Al Qaeda, the remaining members of Taliban or the forces of Gulbadin Hekmatyar did not take refuge in Pakistan after carrying out subversive activities in Afghanistan. In an interview with BBC, Director General ISPR Rashid Qureshi said that there was no truth in the news. âPakistani security forces and intelligence agencies are cooperating and coordinating with the US and the ISAF. Whenever we receive any report, Pakistani intelligence agencies and security forces take action. However, the allegations you are referring to have not been communicated to us by any bodyâ, he said. "There's a form you have to fill out, see? And the form wasn't filled out, so we haven't had anything on it..." Asked what was the need of deploying 60,000 Pakistani troops in addition to the militia on the Afghan border he said, â The border between Pakistan and Afghanistan has many mountainous and jungle areas. We have to man the borders on our side. Pakistan has sealed the borders. We do not allow anybody to enter Pakistan without valid travel documents. If any such element had slipped through earlier and we receive information we will take actionâ. "Since nobody in the area has valid documents — it's a cultural thing, you wouldn't understand — nobody gets in." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 he meant mountain and jihad areas. |
| Posted by: john 2003-01-05 12:56:37 |
| #1 Jungle areas? Does he know what country he's talking about? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-01-05 11:59:13 |