Western troop build-up sows alarm in Pakistan
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A build up of Western coalition forces on the Afghan border spread alarm among villagers in the Pakistani tribal region of North Waziristan, a known stronghol
d of Taliban and al Qaeda militants.
The deployment will add to a mounting sense of foreboding in Pakistan that U.S. ground troops could be ordered into Pakistan on covert missions or hot pursuit to eliminate militants fuelling an insurgency in Afghanistan that appears stronger than ever.
An intelligence official, who requested anonymity, and villagers said hundreds of coalition troops had been airlifted to a border area opposite the village of Lowara Mandi.
"The movement of troops started last night," the intelligence official said, adding that armoured vehicles and heavy weaponry had been brought in with them.
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A build up of Western coalition forces on the Afghan border spread alarm among villagers in the Pakistani tribal region of North Waziristan, a known stronghol
d of Taliban and al Qaeda militants.The deployment will add to a mounting sense of foreboding in Pakistan that U.S. ground troops could be ordered into Pakistan on covert missions or hot pursuit to eliminate militants fuelling an insurgency in Afghanistan that appears stronger than ever.
An intelligence official, who requested anonymity, and villagers said hundreds of coalition troops had been airlifted to a border area opposite the village of Lowara Mandi.
"The movement of troops started last night," the intelligence official said, adding that armoured vehicles and heavy weaponry had been brought in with them.
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