President Asif Ali Zardari (right) listens to a statement to reporters by US President Barack Obama (center) with Afghan President Hamid Karzai (left) at the White House in Washington. - Reuters/File photo
SLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army leadership has informed the US administration about its reservation over the new US policy regarding the Pak-Afghan region. President Asif Ali Zardari during his visit to the USA will also advocate the country’s stance in this connection.
The military top brass, including Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee General Tariq Majid made it clear to the US leadership during the recent visit of Chairman US Joint Chief of Staff Committee Admiral Mike Mullen, Commander of the US Central Command General David Petraeus and Commander of the Allied forces in Afghanistan General Stanely McCrystal that the same policy for both Pakistan and Afghanistan by the US would not prove successful.
Sources said that the army has informed in written to the US administration about its reservations regarding its new Af-Pak policy.
The army leadership communicated that there was a large difference between the situation in Afghanistan and that in Pakistan and if the US tried to implement the same policy in Pakistan than it would not only yield negative results but it will also affect Pak-US relations.
COAS Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and CJCSC General Tariq Majeed have also reportedly advised President Zardari to convince the US not to see Pakistan and Afghanistan from the same perspective and adopt a separate policy for Pakistan.—Online
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