Pak army disturbed over US move

The Pakistani military authorities have expressed deep concern over the decision of the Afghanistan-based American forces to vacate dozens of important check posts in the Waziristan region soon after the launching of the anti-Taliban army action by the Pakistan army, saying the American move could encourage even more Afghan Taliban fighters to cross over to the Pakistan side.

According to the military sources in Rawalpindi, the Pakistani military authorities believe the US move of vacating security check posts on the Afghan side close to Pakistan’s border could undermine the military action by Pakistan Army. The US-led Nato forces have reportedly vacated more than half a dozen key security check posts on the Afghan side of the Pak-Afghan border just ahead of the major Pakistan Army ground offensive against Taliban-led militants in the volatile tribal area of South Waziristan.

Sources close to military strategists involved in the planning of Waziristan operation say the Americans vacated eight security check posts on the Afghan side of the border just five days before the Army operation. Four of these close to South Waziristan including one each at Zambali and at Nurkha, and four in the north in the area of Nuristan where American forces recently came under violent attacks by the militants.