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Pak troops ill prepared to prevent border crossovers: Report
Though Pakistan has sent 4,000 troops to the Afghan border to prevent Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda fighters from crossing over, it troops are ill prepared for the job, a report said on Monday.
Though Pakistan has sent 4,000 troops to the Afghan border to prevent Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda fighters from crossing over, it troops are ill prepared for the job, a report said on Monday.
Describing Pakistan as America's most problematic ally, news magazine Newsweek said that Pakistan's helicopters do not fly at night because they have no night-vision capability and because they are afraid of getting shot down by locals armed with rocket propelled grenades.
The Pashtun tribesmen tend to be pro-Taliban and pro-al Qaeda, the report says and adds that the prospect of a $25 million reward for information leading bin Laden's capture could test their tribal loyalties.
Describing Pakistan as America's most problematic ally, news magazine Newsweek said that Pakistan's helicopters do not fly at night because they have no night-vision capability and because they are afraid of getting shot down by locals armed with rocket propelled grenades.
The Pashtun tribesmen tend to be pro-Taliban and pro-al Qaeda, the report says and adds that the prospect of a $25 million reward for information leading bin Laden's capture could test their tribal loyalties.
“If bin Laden slips into the crowded cities of Pakistan,” it says, he may remain elusive. “There are still supporters of the Taliban and bin Laden in Pakistan's intelligence service, the ISI.”
Bureau Report