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Withholding of US aid will not to affect operations: Pakistan army
Islamabad, July 12, IRNA – Pakistan Army says withholding of military aid by US will not affect its ongoing operationd in Pakistani tribal area.
Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major-General Athar Abbas, quoted by media as saying that any pause in U.S. assistance would not hamper the ongoing offensives by the security forces against militants in the tribal areas.
“We have been doing these operations on our own in the tribal areas and we have sufficient resources to continue them”, he said.
The White House has said that it is withholding some $800 million in military aid to Pakistan while the Pentagon said that Islamabad was cutting back its ties to the US defense establishment.
The $800 million is about a third of the annual US security aid to Pakistan. In the 2010-11 budget, Pakistan set aside $6.41 billion for defence expenditure, an increase of $1.27 billion from the previous year.
Athar Abbas said, 'We have achieved success in the past against Al-Qaeda in South Waziristan, Bajur and other tribal regions without any external assistance,' he said while emphasizing that the ongoing operations against Al-Qaeda in the tribal regions were not only in the interests of Pakistan but also the US and the world at large.
The sources termed the development as 'pressure tactics' and said that the US 'may temporarily suspend the aid but in the long-run they cannot'./end
Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major-General Athar Abbas, quoted by media as saying that any pause in U.S. assistance would not hamper the ongoing offensives by the security forces against militants in the tribal areas.
“We have been doing these operations on our own in the tribal areas and we have sufficient resources to continue them”, he said.
The White House has said that it is withholding some $800 million in military aid to Pakistan while the Pentagon said that Islamabad was cutting back its ties to the US defense establishment.
The $800 million is about a third of the annual US security aid to Pakistan. In the 2010-11 budget, Pakistan set aside $6.41 billion for defence expenditure, an increase of $1.27 billion from the previous year.
Athar Abbas said, 'We have achieved success in the past against Al-Qaeda in South Waziristan, Bajur and other tribal regions without any external assistance,' he said while emphasizing that the ongoing operations against Al-Qaeda in the tribal regions were not only in the interests of Pakistan but also the US and the world at large.
The sources termed the development as 'pressure tactics' and said that the US 'may temporarily suspend the aid but in the long-run they cannot'./end
