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Pakistan, US spy chiefs to meet on August 2
By: The Nation Monitoring | July 23, 2012
ISLAMABAD - ISI Director General Lt-Genl Zaheerul Islam will meet his US counterpart CIA chief General David Petraeus on August 2, reported a private TV channel on Sunday. Defence and security matters including cooperation between both the spy agencies in the war against terror will be discussed during the meeting which is scheduled to be held at Langley. The meeting and visit of General Zaheer was earlier called off unilaterally by Pakistan two months ago during adverse developments in the ties of the two countries. General Zaheer will stay in the US capital for one day.
By: The Nation Monitoring | July 23, 2012
ISLAMABAD - ISI Director General Lt-Genl Zaheerul Islam will meet his US counterpart CIA chief General David Petraeus on August 2, reported a private TV channel on Sunday. Defence and security matters including cooperation between both the spy agencies in the war against terror will be discussed during the meeting which is scheduled to be held at Langley. The meeting and visit of General Zaheer was earlier called off unilaterally by Pakistan two months ago during adverse developments in the ties of the two countries. General Zaheer will stay in the US capital for one day.
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1st i taught that maybe Kayani is waiting For Chief Justice But personly now i thnk he Dont Give a **** cz he knows Just 1 year left of his job so instead of Doing some thing Like Our Politicians he is Complete ur time and go back home
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Friday, August 03, 2012
Pakistan, US see ‘progress’ in ties
* Kayani says strategic understanding between NATO and Pakistani military enhanced
* General Allen says ‘significant progress’ was being made in improving cooperation
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United States on Thursday acknowledged progress in ties between the two countries, in the wake of a recent MoU signed regarding transportation of NATO supplies to Afghanistan through Pakistan, and subsequently the US releasing $1.1 billion to the latter.
This was discussed during a meeting between Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani and ISAF commander Gen John Allen at the GHQ on Thursday. Kayani said the meeting helped improve strategic and operational understanding between Pakistan’s military and NATO forces. He said the Pak-US relationship should be based on mutual trust, respect and transparency.
General Allen said, "I look forward to these visits and am pleased with the upward spiral in our relationship they represent. We are making significant progress toward building a partnership that is enduring, strategic, carefully defined, and that enhances the security and prosperity of the region.”
According to ISPR, this meeting was another in a series of opportunities for the commanders to continue building upon the growing operational cooperation between the Afghanistan National Security Force, the Pakistan military and ISAF.
A joint statement released later, however, made no mention of the specific problems and difficulties that have increasingly characterised relations between Afghan, Pakistani and NATO troops.
All three parties have many shared interests, including their respective commitments to expanding opportunities for coordinated action against terrorists on respective sides of the border who threaten Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the region, and supporting Afghanistan’s security, stability, and efforts towards reconciliation.
ISI chief Lieutenant General Zaheerul Islam is also currently in the United States, the first visit by a head of the Inter-Services Intelligence agency to Washington in a year. staff report/agencies
Pakistan, US see ‘progress’ in ties
* Kayani says strategic understanding between NATO and Pakistani military enhanced
* General Allen says ‘significant progress’ was being made in improving cooperation
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United States on Thursday acknowledged progress in ties between the two countries, in the wake of a recent MoU signed regarding transportation of NATO supplies to Afghanistan through Pakistan, and subsequently the US releasing $1.1 billion to the latter.
This was discussed during a meeting between Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani and ISAF commander Gen John Allen at the GHQ on Thursday. Kayani said the meeting helped improve strategic and operational understanding between Pakistan’s military and NATO forces. He said the Pak-US relationship should be based on mutual trust, respect and transparency.
General Allen said, "I look forward to these visits and am pleased with the upward spiral in our relationship they represent. We are making significant progress toward building a partnership that is enduring, strategic, carefully defined, and that enhances the security and prosperity of the region.”
According to ISPR, this meeting was another in a series of opportunities for the commanders to continue building upon the growing operational cooperation between the Afghanistan National Security Force, the Pakistan military and ISAF.
A joint statement released later, however, made no mention of the specific problems and difficulties that have increasingly characterised relations between Afghan, Pakistani and NATO troops.
All three parties have many shared interests, including their respective commitments to expanding opportunities for coordinated action against terrorists on respective sides of the border who threaten Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the region, and supporting Afghanistan’s security, stability, and efforts towards reconciliation.
ISI chief Lieutenant General Zaheerul Islam is also currently in the United States, the first visit by a head of the Inter-Services Intelligence agency to Washington in a year. staff report/agencies
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as long as drones not stopped by usa, no real breakthrough can be achived in WOT!
well thats the line , which our seniors in army are taking now.
some thing big is cooking in the kitcheen?
well thats the line , which our seniors in army are taking now.
some thing big is cooking in the kitcheen?
well thats not enough!
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I am very disappointed with Gen. Kayani, if he wants he can ask for early election or force them for early elections. PPP is a gangster party doing what ever they want, there is absolutely no fear in what evilness they are doing, they have completely destroyed everything in Pakistan & now they are after SC again. This is where Gen. Kayani should had played a very important role but he is not doing anything & he has completely failed, he is not doing anything to protect Pakistan internal security.
No wonder Gen. Musharraf is disappointed with Gen. Kayani. It is in their oath to protect to Pakistan from foreign & domestic threat, I am pretty sure Pakistan high ranking officers are not happy with how things are going.
No wonder Gen. Musharraf is disappointed with Gen. Kayani. It is in their oath to protect to Pakistan from foreign & domestic threat, I am pretty sure Pakistan high ranking officers are not happy with how things are going.
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You mean you want social engineering from the army like Zia did and has now produced a country of Jahils.
No a civilian government has to complete a term whether we like it or not. This will strengthen our instituions and we have no choice but to live with bad government because we the people are a direct mirror of that government, the army will only make things worse. Until we do not chnage ie become educated and less jahil we will keep putting in the same indiots in government. You can only find the people in our own pool hence why we must learn to filter and with the army intervening we have no filter of our own hence all institutions become weak and get destroyed like the police, which is a joke, like the CAA, which is a joke, like PIA, which is a joke, Like wapda which is a joke... and so on.
Hence in this regard and due to his military prowess this COAS is our best ever.
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No PR175/2012-ISPR Dated: August 7, 2012
Rawalpindi - August 7, 2012:
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited Gujranwala, last night, to attend the concluding session of Gujranwala Corps War Games.
The War Games being conducted at various Corps Headquarters are part of the Azm-e-Nau series exercises. This year’s Azm-e-Nau series started with the Central Command War Games in May, which comprised multiple planning and conduct sessions attended by senior Army and PAF officers. The process will continue, at other Command and Corps Headquarters, to review and validate operational plans in the light of current threat spectrum.
Later, today, COAS visited Army Marksmen Unit at Jhelum, a newly raised organization aimed at ensuring that basic shooting skills in the Army are not only maintained, but improved in a scientific and progressive manner.
Earlier, on arrival, COAS was received by Lieutenant General Raheel Sharif, Commander Gujranwala Corps.
No PR175/2012-ISPR Dated: August 7, 2012
Rawalpindi - August 7, 2012:
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited Gujranwala, last night, to attend the concluding session of Gujranwala Corps War Games.
The War Games being conducted at various Corps Headquarters are part of the Azm-e-Nau series exercises. This year’s Azm-e-Nau series started with the Central Command War Games in May, which comprised multiple planning and conduct sessions attended by senior Army and PAF officers. The process will continue, at other Command and Corps Headquarters, to review and validate operational plans in the light of current threat spectrum.
Later, today, COAS visited Army Marksmen Unit at Jhelum, a newly raised organization aimed at ensuring that basic shooting skills in the Army are not only maintained, but improved in a scientific and progressive manner.
Earlier, on arrival, COAS was received by Lieutenant General Raheel Sharif, Commander Gujranwala Corps.
^^^^ looks like a fancy name for a sniper school ........
@liquidmetal ---it is not a "civilian" government --it s a gang of low life - per Shiekh rashid "adiala jail mafia".....yes they acn complete 'term" and as fifty fifty used to say "my operation was very successful, the patient died, but my operation was very successful"....so continue your slavery of foreign ides and these worship these low lives--and then get what your hands have earned......
@liquidmetal ---it is not a "civilian" government --it s a gang of low life - per Shiekh rashid "adiala jail mafia".....yes they acn complete 'term" and as fifty fifty used to say "my operation was very successful, the patient died, but my operation was very successful"....so continue your slavery of foreign ides and these worship these low lives--and then get what your hands have earned......
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Kayani urges unity to get Pakistan out of chaos
KAKUL: Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani said on Monday that the nation should look forward, restructure the present and keep an eye on future to attain destination. Addressing an event to mark Independence Day at the Kakul Military Academy, he also reasoned that launching operations against terrorism was not the sole and even correct solution to the issue, rather “we would have to understand and comprehend the exact and logical interpretation of terrorism, in its truer context”, he said. "Any mistake of ignoring the issue in raw or misinterpreting it can be fatally divisive for the nation," he cautioned. He also warned against any endeavours or struggle by elements, merely to enforce dogmas by force or volatile means, as "any such factors would make us declare an open war against such elements". "War against terrorism was a war owned by entire nation, and not army alone," he declared, adding, "Cooperation of masses was mandatory for army's success against it." Congratulating the nation on the day, the top general also expressed his pride that he was also participating in the auspicious parade. "We are all, more or less equally responsible for mistakes made in past, but crying over spilt milk has taken no nation anywhere," the general said. online
Kayani urges unity to get Pakistan out of chaos
KAKUL: Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani said on Monday that the nation should look forward, restructure the present and keep an eye on future to attain destination. Addressing an event to mark Independence Day at the Kakul Military Academy, he also reasoned that launching operations against terrorism was not the sole and even correct solution to the issue, rather “we would have to understand and comprehend the exact and logical interpretation of terrorism, in its truer context”, he said. "Any mistake of ignoring the issue in raw or misinterpreting it can be fatally divisive for the nation," he cautioned. He also warned against any endeavours or struggle by elements, merely to enforce dogmas by force or volatile means, as "any such factors would make us declare an open war against such elements". "War against terrorism was a war owned by entire nation, and not army alone," he declared, adding, "Cooperation of masses was mandatory for army's success against it." Congratulating the nation on the day, the top general also expressed his pride that he was also participating in the auspicious parade. "We are all, more or less equally responsible for mistakes made in past, but crying over spilt milk has taken no nation anywhere," the general said. online
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
Pakistan mulls Swat-type operation in Waziristan
* US military officials say Kayani recently told Gen Allen that September operation will be a large-scale offensive designed to sweep Waziristan
Daily Times Monitor
LAHORE: Top Pakistani military officials plan to conduct a major terrorist-clearing operation next month similar to the 2009 Swat valley operation that purged one of the most Taliban-infested regions of Pakistan, US military officials told Fox News.
The news confirmed a Monday disclosure from US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta, who had said Pakistan had indicated its military was planning an operation against terrorists in a terrorist hotbed in the northwest.
Now, US military officials in Kabul and Washington say that Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani recently told the top US commander in Afghanistan, Gen John Allen, that it would be a large-scale offensive designed to sweep the Waziristan tribal agencies.
The officials, who have close knowledge of the meeting between Allen and Kayani, requested anonymity due to the fragile status of relations between the US and Pakistan. They described the operation as similar to the clearing of Swat, in which Pakistan sent in thousands of troops for an 18-month-rout of a mountain region where the military is still positioned today to prevent Taliban from returning.
Such a tactical effort would have the potential to be a significant turning point in the tense relationship Washington has endured with what it describes as its most important ally in the war on terror, even though that ally has often been uncooperative in the face of US demands that it tackle its growing militancy problem.
“We do not know at this stage if this indication of an operation has any substance to it,” said a US military official in Kabul. “It may be lip service or it is perhaps an attempt to placate us as we continue to urge Pakistan to rout out militants and their safe havens within the Tribal Areas. The militants who hide there not only inflict casualties on Afghan citizens as well as Afghan and coalition forces but they also are responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of Pakistanis.”
It is also unclear if the operation would reach into the unruly region of North Waziristan, where some of the US’s highest-value terrorist targets are based, or simply in South Waziristan, where the Pakistan military has been trying to rid the tribal agency of terrorists since mid-2009.
Pakistan’s operation would target Taliban fighters from both the Afghan and Pakistan factions, which separately aim to oust the Western-friendly governments of their respective countries, said a military official in Washington.
It is unclear if the operation will hunt down elements of the Haqqani network, which is said by the US to support the remnants of original core of al Qaeda who were behind the 9/11 attacks.
Pakistan mulls Swat-type operation in Waziristan
* US military officials say Kayani recently told Gen Allen that September operation will be a large-scale offensive designed to sweep Waziristan
Daily Times Monitor
LAHORE: Top Pakistani military officials plan to conduct a major terrorist-clearing operation next month similar to the 2009 Swat valley operation that purged one of the most Taliban-infested regions of Pakistan, US military officials told Fox News.
The news confirmed a Monday disclosure from US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta, who had said Pakistan had indicated its military was planning an operation against terrorists in a terrorist hotbed in the northwest.
Now, US military officials in Kabul and Washington say that Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani recently told the top US commander in Afghanistan, Gen John Allen, that it would be a large-scale offensive designed to sweep the Waziristan tribal agencies.
The officials, who have close knowledge of the meeting between Allen and Kayani, requested anonymity due to the fragile status of relations between the US and Pakistan. They described the operation as similar to the clearing of Swat, in which Pakistan sent in thousands of troops for an 18-month-rout of a mountain region where the military is still positioned today to prevent Taliban from returning.
Such a tactical effort would have the potential to be a significant turning point in the tense relationship Washington has endured with what it describes as its most important ally in the war on terror, even though that ally has often been uncooperative in the face of US demands that it tackle its growing militancy problem.
“We do not know at this stage if this indication of an operation has any substance to it,” said a US military official in Kabul. “It may be lip service or it is perhaps an attempt to placate us as we continue to urge Pakistan to rout out militants and their safe havens within the Tribal Areas. The militants who hide there not only inflict casualties on Afghan citizens as well as Afghan and coalition forces but they also are responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of Pakistanis.”
It is also unclear if the operation would reach into the unruly region of North Waziristan, where some of the US’s highest-value terrorist targets are based, or simply in South Waziristan, where the Pakistan military has been trying to rid the tribal agency of terrorists since mid-2009.
Pakistan’s operation would target Taliban fighters from both the Afghan and Pakistan factions, which separately aim to oust the Western-friendly governments of their respective countries, said a military official in Washington.
It is unclear if the operation will hunt down elements of the Haqqani network, which is said by the US to support the remnants of original core of al Qaeda who were behind the 9/11 attacks.
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People do not accept joint Pak-US NWA offensive: Kayani
Shakil Shaikh
Saturday, August 18, 2012
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan on Friday made it clear that a joint Pak-US action in the North Waziristan Agency (NWA) was unacceptable to the people and armed forces of the country, adding that if an offensive was undertaken, national interest would be the prime consideration in arriving at a decision.
The Chief of the Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, stated this in categorical terms late Thursday night when the US Centcom Commander General James N Mattis met him.
General Kayani discussed the Pak-US security relations with General Mattis and declared: This has always been our clearly stated red line. We might, if necessary, undertake an operation in NWA, in the time-frame of our choosing and determined only by our political and military requirements. It will never be a result of any outside pressure. Pakistans national interest continues to be the prime consideration for any decision in this regard.
However, neither General Kayani, nor the Pakistani government or any other government spokesmen has ruled out what US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on July 3 coordinated actions against terrorists who threaten Pakistan and the region.
This key military-to-military interaction between top generals of Pakistan and the United States took place just a day after the terrorist attack on the Minhas Airbase located in the neighbourhood of the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, Kamra a highly sensitive place where potent PAF assets are located.
The dialogue also took place in the backdrop of ISI chief Lt Gen Zaheerul Islams visit to the United States where he held talks with key US officials, including the CIA director. It was General Islams first visit to the United States as the ISI chief and he has already briefed the corps commanders about the outcome of his visit.
The army chief forcefully dispelled speculative reporting in the US media regarding an understanding given to Isaf commander General John Allen about the Pakistan Armys readiness to launch joint operations in the NWA. A few days ago, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta had claimed that the Pakistani leadership had given Gen Allen its word about the NWA operation.
Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan was the first to express a serious concern over reports of a military operation in the NWA. He asked the military leadership to refrain from any such action that would give way to a new wave of terrorism in the country, adding that the PML-N would not support a military operation in the NWA. It is feared that any military operation in North Waziristan will result in a new wave of terrorism in the country, said Nisar in a recent press talk.
On Friday, General Kayani also clarified Pakistans position by referring to Secretary Clintons statement of July 3. It is important to distinguish between coordinated action and joint operation. Coordinated action implies that Pakistan Army and ISAF conduct operations on respective sides of the Pak-Afghan border. For such actions intelligence sharing is the mainstay of mutual cooperation. On the other hand, a joint operation implies that the two forces are physically employed jointly on either side of the border. A joint operation in this sense is unacceptable to the people and the armed forces of Pakistan.
It might be a coincidence that the May 2, 2011 incident took place just two days after General Kayanis speech at the Shuhada Parade, while the Minhas Airbase attack was carried out two days after Kayanis speech on the Independence Day. Somebody, somewhere may be trying to undermine what General Kayani has been telling the nation, said one defence analyst.
Other defence analysts say that it is typical of the Americans to come to meet top Pakistani leadership at a time when Pakistanis are confronted with a difficult situation, since this is an appropriate time to dictate terms. They say General Kayani should have avoided meeting any American general at a time when the US defence secretary spoke of the possibility of Pakistans nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terrorists.
The Minhas Airbase attack was no doubt an eye-opener, as many believe that a powerful hidden hand has been masterminding such attacks on the assets of the Pakistan armed forces through mercenaries, said one observer.
Officially, it is also said that both the sides discussed matters of mutual interest at length and expressed satisfaction over the level of cooperation between the two militaries and resolved to continue to further improve the relations between the two countries.
Agencies add: General Mattis acknowledged the sacrifices rendered by the Pakistani military in their fight against violent extremists, and offered his condolences for the nearly 5,000 Pakistani military personnel who have fallen in support of that cause.
General Mattis reaffirmed the importance of the US-Pakistani security relationship not only to ongoing operations in Afghanistan but also to regional stability.
The two sides agreed to continue meeting periodically to further the common objectives on cross-border cooperation and regional security.
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Saturday, August 18, 2012
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan on Friday made it clear that a joint Pak-US action in the North Waziristan Agency (NWA) was unacceptable to the people and armed forces of the country, adding that if an offensive was undertaken, national interest would be the prime consideration in arriving at a decision.
The Chief of the Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, stated this in categorical terms late Thursday night when the US Centcom Commander General James N Mattis met him.
General Kayani discussed the Pak-US security relations with General Mattis and declared: This has always been our clearly stated red line. We might, if necessary, undertake an operation in NWA, in the time-frame of our choosing and determined only by our political and military requirements. It will never be a result of any outside pressure. Pakistans national interest continues to be the prime consideration for any decision in this regard.
However, neither General Kayani, nor the Pakistani government or any other government spokesmen has ruled out what US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on July 3 coordinated actions against terrorists who threaten Pakistan and the region.
This key military-to-military interaction between top generals of Pakistan and the United States took place just a day after the terrorist attack on the Minhas Airbase located in the neighbourhood of the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, Kamra a highly sensitive place where potent PAF assets are located.
The dialogue also took place in the backdrop of ISI chief Lt Gen Zaheerul Islams visit to the United States where he held talks with key US officials, including the CIA director. It was General Islams first visit to the United States as the ISI chief and he has already briefed the corps commanders about the outcome of his visit.
The army chief forcefully dispelled speculative reporting in the US media regarding an understanding given to Isaf commander General John Allen about the Pakistan Armys readiness to launch joint operations in the NWA. A few days ago, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta had claimed that the Pakistani leadership had given Gen Allen its word about the NWA operation.
Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan was the first to express a serious concern over reports of a military operation in the NWA. He asked the military leadership to refrain from any such action that would give way to a new wave of terrorism in the country, adding that the PML-N would not support a military operation in the NWA. It is feared that any military operation in North Waziristan will result in a new wave of terrorism in the country, said Nisar in a recent press talk.
On Friday, General Kayani also clarified Pakistans position by referring to Secretary Clintons statement of July 3. It is important to distinguish between coordinated action and joint operation. Coordinated action implies that Pakistan Army and ISAF conduct operations on respective sides of the Pak-Afghan border. For such actions intelligence sharing is the mainstay of mutual cooperation. On the other hand, a joint operation implies that the two forces are physically employed jointly on either side of the border. A joint operation in this sense is unacceptable to the people and the armed forces of Pakistan.
It might be a coincidence that the May 2, 2011 incident took place just two days after General Kayanis speech at the Shuhada Parade, while the Minhas Airbase attack was carried out two days after Kayanis speech on the Independence Day. Somebody, somewhere may be trying to undermine what General Kayani has been telling the nation, said one defence analyst.
Other defence analysts say that it is typical of the Americans to come to meet top Pakistani leadership at a time when Pakistanis are confronted with a difficult situation, since this is an appropriate time to dictate terms. They say General Kayani should have avoided meeting any American general at a time when the US defence secretary spoke of the possibility of Pakistans nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terrorists.
The Minhas Airbase attack was no doubt an eye-opener, as many believe that a powerful hidden hand has been masterminding such attacks on the assets of the Pakistan armed forces through mercenaries, said one observer.
Officially, it is also said that both the sides discussed matters of mutual interest at length and expressed satisfaction over the level of cooperation between the two militaries and resolved to continue to further improve the relations between the two countries.
Agencies add: General Mattis acknowledged the sacrifices rendered by the Pakistani military in their fight against violent extremists, and offered his condolences for the nearly 5,000 Pakistani military personnel who have fallen in support of that cause.
General Mattis reaffirmed the importance of the US-Pakistani security relationship not only to ongoing operations in Afghanistan but also to regional stability.
The two sides agreed to continue meeting periodically to further the common objectives on cross-border cooperation and regional security.
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Sunday, August 19, 2012
EDITORIAL: General Kayani’s ‘hedging’
Ever since ISI chief Lieutenant General Zaheerul Islam’s visit to Washington, the western press and US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta have been saying that COAS General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has committed to ISAF Commander General John Allen that the Pakistan army would launch joint operations with the US in North Waziristan. General Kayani, through an ISPR statement after meeting CENTCOM Commander General James N Mattis in Islamabad, has clarified that no such commitment has been made. General Kayani was at pains to underline that if and when the Pakistan army would conduct an operation in North Waziristan, it would be in the light of Pakistan’s and its military’s own considerations. The decision, its timing, etc, would be a Pakistani one, not under any external pressure, whether from the US or anywhere else. The statement went on to make a clear distinction between “coordinated actions” and “joint operations”, the former implying separate actions on each side of the border by either side, the latter joint operations on either side of the border. As far as the Afghanistan side of the border is concerned, it is understandable that the Pakistan army would not like to get embroiled, not the least because it apprehends the reaction from the Afghan Taliban, primarily the Haqqani network, which arguably has yet to be jettisoned by the Pakistan army as a proxy or ally despite its providing safe havens on Afghan soil to the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), at war with the Pakistani state. On the other hand, joint operations on the Pakistani side of the border would imply American boots on the ground, something the Pakistan army has clearly spelt out after the Abbottabad raid is a red line it would not allow to be crossed again. General Kayani also said a joint operation, with all the above attendant meanings, would not be acceptable to the people or army in Pakistan. In this context it is pertinent to recall the reservations voiced by PML-N Leader of the Opposition Chaudhry Nisar the other day on any North Waziristan operation per se. Also, reports speak of uneasiness amongst some of General Kayani’s own aides, apprehensive of the fallout in terms of increased terrorism within Pakistan in the event of stepping into the militant hotbed.
While all this is not entirely unknown and even to some extent understandable, there are problems with the formulation of the COAS. ‘Public’ sensitivities and ‘strategic assets’ considerations aside, ‘coordinated actions’ would fail to do some things crucial to success. First and foremost, such actions would fail to stop cross-border attacks both ways, the Haqqanis being at freedom to attack in Afghanistan from FATA, and the TTP at liberty, as it has been doing of late, to attack Pakistani security forces from Afghan soil since neither would be pressed by the respective allied forces on either side. Two, such actions would fail to seal the border to prevent the Haqqani network fighters and the TTP from fleeing across the border whenever under military pressure. A parallel may be drawn with the long-drawn-out operations the Pakistani military has been conducting for years in FATA.
Piecemeal, Agency-specific operations have failed to seal the escape routes of the militants to other Agencies. When under pressure, they simply move to other Agencies and live to fight another day. Similarly, if there are no ‘joint operations’, at least to the extent of having an anvil on one side to the hammer of the respective military force pressing ‘its’ enemy, the porous border will continue to offer the mother of all escape routes both ways.
The conundrum we have to revisit is the contradiction at the heart of the military’s policy in FATA in general and North Waziristan in particular: you cannot hunt with the Haqqanis and against the TTP when the two are collaborating with each other. And that brings us to the heart of the matter: if you persist with proxies to project foreign and security policy interests, the terrorist bug in your own home can never be crushed. *
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EDITORIAL: General Kayani’s ‘hedging’
Ever since ISI chief Lieutenant General Zaheerul Islam’s visit to Washington, the western press and US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta have been saying that COAS General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has committed to ISAF Commander General John Allen that the Pakistan army would launch joint operations with the US in North Waziristan. General Kayani, through an ISPR statement after meeting CENTCOM Commander General James N Mattis in Islamabad, has clarified that no such commitment has been made. General Kayani was at pains to underline that if and when the Pakistan army would conduct an operation in North Waziristan, it would be in the light of Pakistan’s and its military’s own considerations. The decision, its timing, etc, would be a Pakistani one, not under any external pressure, whether from the US or anywhere else. The statement went on to make a clear distinction between “coordinated actions” and “joint operations”, the former implying separate actions on each side of the border by either side, the latter joint operations on either side of the border. As far as the Afghanistan side of the border is concerned, it is understandable that the Pakistan army would not like to get embroiled, not the least because it apprehends the reaction from the Afghan Taliban, primarily the Haqqani network, which arguably has yet to be jettisoned by the Pakistan army as a proxy or ally despite its providing safe havens on Afghan soil to the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), at war with the Pakistani state. On the other hand, joint operations on the Pakistani side of the border would imply American boots on the ground, something the Pakistan army has clearly spelt out after the Abbottabad raid is a red line it would not allow to be crossed again. General Kayani also said a joint operation, with all the above attendant meanings, would not be acceptable to the people or army in Pakistan. In this context it is pertinent to recall the reservations voiced by PML-N Leader of the Opposition Chaudhry Nisar the other day on any North Waziristan operation per se. Also, reports speak of uneasiness amongst some of General Kayani’s own aides, apprehensive of the fallout in terms of increased terrorism within Pakistan in the event of stepping into the militant hotbed.
While all this is not entirely unknown and even to some extent understandable, there are problems with the formulation of the COAS. ‘Public’ sensitivities and ‘strategic assets’ considerations aside, ‘coordinated actions’ would fail to do some things crucial to success. First and foremost, such actions would fail to stop cross-border attacks both ways, the Haqqanis being at freedom to attack in Afghanistan from FATA, and the TTP at liberty, as it has been doing of late, to attack Pakistani security forces from Afghan soil since neither would be pressed by the respective allied forces on either side. Two, such actions would fail to seal the border to prevent the Haqqani network fighters and the TTP from fleeing across the border whenever under military pressure. A parallel may be drawn with the long-drawn-out operations the Pakistani military has been conducting for years in FATA.
Piecemeal, Agency-specific operations have failed to seal the escape routes of the militants to other Agencies. When under pressure, they simply move to other Agencies and live to fight another day. Similarly, if there are no ‘joint operations’, at least to the extent of having an anvil on one side to the hammer of the respective military force pressing ‘its’ enemy, the porous border will continue to offer the mother of all escape routes both ways.
The conundrum we have to revisit is the contradiction at the heart of the military’s policy in FATA in general and North Waziristan in particular: you cannot hunt with the Haqqanis and against the TTP when the two are collaborating with each other. And that brings us to the heart of the matter: if you persist with proxies to project foreign and security policy interests, the terrorist bug in your own home can never be crushed. *
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Pakistan Army chief signals potential push into North Waziristan
Pakistan's army chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, has given the strongest indication yet that the country may be about to open a new front against Islamic militants operating out of the semi-autonomous tribal territory bordering Afghanistan.
Addressing army cadets at the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) near Abbottabad, the Pakistan Army's main officers' training school, on 13 August - on the eve of the country's annual independence day on 14 August - Gen Kayani said: "No state can afford a parallel system of governance and militias."
Those remarks came two days after the army's top corps commanders met with Gen Kayani at the Pakistan Army's headquarters in Rawalpindi on 11 August. The meeting was followed by reports that the army commanders had decided to finally launch a long-awaited operation targeting suspected locations used by the Taliban in the North Waziristan region along the Afghan border. "In principle, a decision has been made to target North Waziristan and restore the writ of the government rather than let the Taliban consolidate its control," one senior Pakistani government official stated .
However, the official, who has knowledge of the upcoming operation, said that unlike some of the Pakistan Army's bigger operations in the past, such as the one targeting militants in the northern Swat valley, the new operation will be "split into a series of well-co-ordinated attacks" rather than "one very big push". He said the twin factors of an adverse internal political backlash from nationalists and Islamic politicians, combined with the likely aggravation of security conditions from retaliatory attacks by the Taliban, "had led to the decision in favour of a low-key operation".
Western officials were of the opinion that the North Waziristan operation may help bridge a widening gap between Pakistan and the United States. For years, US officials have sought a Pakistan Army campaign in North Waziristan, citing evidence of sanctuaries being used in the area by Islamic militants, who frequently attack NATO-led Western forces in Afghanistan.
However, it was not immediately clear if the campaign would end the discord between the US and Pakistan over the presence in North Waziristan of considerable numbers of militants loyal to the Haqqani Network. This group was originally created in the 1980s as an anti-Soviet resistance group led by Jalaluddin Haqqani, a legendary Afghan warlord, during Afghanistan's occupation by the Soviet Union. It is now led by Sirajuddin, a son of Jalaluddin.
Western officials say Sirajuddin and other commanders who lead the Haqqani Network are patronised by Pakistan's army-run Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. "So far, Pakistan has refused to target the Haqqani fighters. For Pakistan, the Haqqani group is a valuable asset as they control the ground situation in a large part of Afghanistan," one Western diplomat in Islamabad stated that . "Only if the [Pakistani] campaign targets everyone, including the Haqqanis, will the atmosphere between the US and Pakistan begin to improve."
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Pakistan's army chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, has given the strongest indication yet that the country may be about to open a new front against Islamic militants operating out of the semi-autonomous tribal territory bordering Afghanistan.
Addressing army cadets at the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) near Abbottabad, the Pakistan Army's main officers' training school, on 13 August - on the eve of the country's annual independence day on 14 August - Gen Kayani said: "No state can afford a parallel system of governance and militias."
Those remarks came two days after the army's top corps commanders met with Gen Kayani at the Pakistan Army's headquarters in Rawalpindi on 11 August. The meeting was followed by reports that the army commanders had decided to finally launch a long-awaited operation targeting suspected locations used by the Taliban in the North Waziristan region along the Afghan border. "In principle, a decision has been made to target North Waziristan and restore the writ of the government rather than let the Taliban consolidate its control," one senior Pakistani government official stated .
However, the official, who has knowledge of the upcoming operation, said that unlike some of the Pakistan Army's bigger operations in the past, such as the one targeting militants in the northern Swat valley, the new operation will be "split into a series of well-co-ordinated attacks" rather than "one very big push". He said the twin factors of an adverse internal political backlash from nationalists and Islamic politicians, combined with the likely aggravation of security conditions from retaliatory attacks by the Taliban, "had led to the decision in favour of a low-key operation".
Western officials were of the opinion that the North Waziristan operation may help bridge a widening gap between Pakistan and the United States. For years, US officials have sought a Pakistan Army campaign in North Waziristan, citing evidence of sanctuaries being used in the area by Islamic militants, who frequently attack NATO-led Western forces in Afghanistan.
However, it was not immediately clear if the campaign would end the discord between the US and Pakistan over the presence in North Waziristan of considerable numbers of militants loyal to the Haqqani Network. This group was originally created in the 1980s as an anti-Soviet resistance group led by Jalaluddin Haqqani, a legendary Afghan warlord, during Afghanistan's occupation by the Soviet Union. It is now led by Sirajuddin, a son of Jalaluddin.
Western officials say Sirajuddin and other commanders who lead the Haqqani Network are patronised by Pakistan's army-run Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. "So far, Pakistan has refused to target the Haqqani fighters. For Pakistan, the Haqqani group is a valuable asset as they control the ground situation in a large part of Afghanistan," one Western diplomat in Islamabad stated that . "Only if the [Pakistani] campaign targets everyone, including the Haqqanis, will the atmosphere between the US and Pakistan begin to improve."
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COAS celebrates Eid with troops in SWA - thenews.com.pk
COAS celebrates Eid with troops in SWA
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Tuesday said that the soldiers' reward lies in enabling the nation to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr in safe and secure environments.
General Kayani visited forward locations in South Waziristan to celebrate Eid with troops on Tuesday, said a statement issued by Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).
The COAS while interacting with troops, praised them for their courage and valour.
He said that discipline, sense of duty and sacrifice are the hallmarks of a soldier.
On arrival, COAS was received by Lieutenant General Khalid Rabbani, Commander Peshawar Corps.
COAS celebrates Eid with troops in SWA
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Tuesday said that the soldiers' reward lies in enabling the nation to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr in safe and secure environments.
General Kayani visited forward locations in South Waziristan to celebrate Eid with troops on Tuesday, said a statement issued by Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).
The COAS while interacting with troops, praised them for their courage and valour.
He said that discipline, sense of duty and sacrifice are the hallmarks of a soldier.
On arrival, COAS was received by Lieutenant General Khalid Rabbani, Commander Peshawar Corps.
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