Pakistan has fully secured border with Afghanistan: military commander

[maddezmom]

58 minutes ago

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - Pakistani security forces have made it "quite impossible" for Al-Qaeda linked militants to launch any attacks across the border in Afghanistan, a top military commander said.


Lieutenant General Safdar Hussain, commander of Pakistani forces in the rugged northwestern tribal regions made the assessment at a rare briefing in this northwestern city to Kabul-based defence attaches from diplomatic missions from the United States and several European and Asian countries.

"With the deployment of more than 70,000 troops and establishment of 669 posts along the border with Afghanistan, it is now quite impossible for the terrorists to launch cross-border attacks," a military statement quoted Hussain as telling the diplomats on Saturday.

Hussain said there would be no let up in the anti-terror operations in the tribal regions, which have long been suspected of providing sactuaries to Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants who fled after the Afghan regime was ousted in late 2001.

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more: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050521/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanafghanistanattacksqaeda_050521130102

time will tell :shrug:

[uppityperson]

1. Impossible? Never use that word.

Does this mean they're closing in on Osama? :sarcasm:

[Roland99]

2. All of the #3s better be on the lookout!