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CIA expansion in Pak, more drone attacks, part of Obama's revamped AFPAK plans | While President Obama has decided to send in more troops to Afghanistan to facilitate the 'war on terror' in that country, US officials believe that problems emanating from
Pakistan would prove far more intractable than the Afghan chaos. According to
administrative officials, Obama is aware about the expanding threat from Pakistan
based outlawed organisations, and has therefore signed off a plan by the Central
Intelligence Agency to expand C.I.A. activities in that country. The CIA's plan
includes expanding of drone attacks in the lawless tribal region along the Pakistan
Afghanistan border and sending more spies. "The C.I.A. plan calls for widening
the campaign of strikes against militants by drone aircraft, sending additional
spies to Pakistan and securing a White House commitment to bulk up the C.I.A.'s
overall budget for operations inside the country," The New York Times reported.
Officials said the enhanced operations could well see more drone attacks in areas,
including Balochistan, where top Afghan Taliban commanders are believed to have
taken refuge. President Obama has announced that 30,000 additional troops would
be sent to Afghanistan by the first part of the next year. Obama, however, also
vowed to start pulling out of Afghanistan by the middle of 2011. Obama, while
announcing the revamped AFPAK strategy, said the United States cannot afford an
'open-ended commitment', and that it was time for Afghans to take more responsibility
for their country. Speaking in front of 4,000 cadets at the United States Military
Academy here, he vowed to "bring the war to a successful conclusion" "I see firsthand
the terrible ravages of war. If I did not think that the security of the United
States and the safety of the American people were at stake in Afghanistan, I would
gladly order every single one of our troops home tomorrow. So no, I do not make
this decision lightly," Obama said. Obama underlined that America was not the
only country concerned with the war, asking US' allies to step up their commitment.
"This is not just America's war. The days of providing a blank check are over,"
Obama said, in what appeared to be a clear message to Afghan President Hamid Karzai. |
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