Army protests against abolishing check posts by NATO, Afghan forces at border.KABUL/ISLAMABAD, October 21, 2009 (Frontier Star): The military leadership has registered strong protest against the Afghan national army Afghan National Army (ANA) is a service branch of the Military of Afghanistan that is currently being trained by the to ultimately take the lead in land-based military operations. and international coalition forces for abolishing nine securities check posts at Nooristan, near Pak-Afghan border soon after it started military operation in Waziristan against militants, sources said on Wednesday. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. sources, Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaque Pervez Kiyani raised the issue during his meeting with US central command chief General David Petraeus This page has been semi-protected, meaning readers without Wikipedia user accounts or with registered accounts less than four days old cannot edit this page. David Howell Petraeus few days ago and said that at a time when Pakistan army The Pakistan Army (Urdu: پاک فوج) is the largest branch of the Pakistan military, and is mainly responsible for protection of the state borders, the security of administered territories and defending the national interests of Pakistan has started military offensive against militants, the influx of terrorists into Pakistani areas would increase with the abolishment of security check posts at Nooristan on Afghan side of the border, adding it would deteriorate situation in Bajaur Agency, because it is located opposite to Nooristan. Sources said if the security checks posts were not made again, then it would become safe passage for terrorists coming to Pakistan and it is tantamount to increase Pakistan difficulties. Sources said Pakistan would raise the issue in the next meeting of tri-partite commission. According to sources of Afghan national army in Kabul, it is well aware of the reservations expressed by Pakistan army over abolishing security check posts, while some other sources said that General Petraeus has talked on the issue with NATO commander A military commander in the NATO chain of command. Also called allied commander. in Afghanistan General Mc Crystal to solve the issue with Pakistani officials. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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