However, no air assets were used in the strikes. A senior officer of the Pakistan Air Force told me on the basis of anononimity that "there are clear plans to strike terrorist targets in Afghanistan, but we don't have the green light yet."
Another Pakistan Air Force pilot, who is stationed in a fighter squadron in Jacobabad, said, on the basis of anonymity: "There's a lot of anger, and we are ready to go, have been training to go, but they won't let us go yet" in to Afghanistan.
However, several senior military officials made said that despite of the pressure from within the military as well as from the public and media, the Pakistani military will not use air power in Afghanistan as it could set a new and dangerous military precedent in South Asia.
