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US to give Pak 1000 laser-guided bomb kits to tackle terror | In order to help the Pakistani security forces take on the extremists hiding along the Afghanistan border more
effectively, the US Air Force (USAF) is planning to give 1,000 laser-guided bomb kits to that country. Top US defence official, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffry Glenn
told the media here that the USAF has already provided 1000 MK-82 bombs to Pakistani
armed forces to be used against the militants. The United States is also due to
deliver 18 more F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan in June, which have been fitted
with sophisticated night-vision equipment, The News quoted Glenn, as saying. USAF
secretary Michael Donley said Washington is offering the assistance as Islamabad
has romped up operations against the Islamic extremists and is in need of an additional
capability to dismantle the terror network completely. The White House’ decision
to provide more weapons to Pakistan came as the Pakistani forces claimed to have
captured the Taliban’s nerve centre in the Bajaur Agency’s Damadola region. |
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