Pakistan has given permission to US forces to use a a third air field, at Dalbandin, a small town in southwestern Baluchistan province bordering Aghanistan, a pro-Taliban Islamic religious party leader said Friday.
Pakistani government officials were tightlipped about whether Dalbandin, 270 km southwest of the provincial capital Quetta and about 70 km from the Afghanistan border, was being used by US forces for logistical support.
However, sources close to the military said the air field was being used by US forces. “According to our reports from the area, they have given Dalbandin to the Americans,'' Hafiz Hussain Ahmed, vice-president of Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam party said. Bureau Report