Pentagon Lauds Pakistan Drive Against Militants
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 1:25 pm
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said Pakistani military action against militants in Swat Buner and Dir is encouraging and offered to provide assistance for the successful completion of the operation.
“Wherever those threats exist, we would be encouraging of the Pakistani military taking it to them head on and defeating them,” Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell told reporters at a press briefing.
“I am not going to go through a strategy; we want them to go here next and there after that. I mean, they are an independent, sovereign nation that makes decisions on its own about what’s in its interests in terms of self-defence,” Morrell said.
“But we are clearly encouraged by the fact that, ever since there was this encroachment on Islamabad by the Taliban and associated other militant groups, that we are seeing an aggressive and sustained military operation in response,” he said.
“We are, from a defence department perspective, very encouraged by the fact that they have continued these operations, and they show no signs of letting up at this point,” Morrell said.
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