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India concerned over supply of sophisticated US military equipments to Pak | India has expressed its concern over supply of sophisticated US military equipment to boost Pakistan's
ability crack down on the Taliban and Al-Qaida. The US will supply sophisticated
laser-guided-bomb kits, 12 American-made surveillance drones and 18 late-model
F-16 fighters jets to Pakistan. Defence Minister AK Antony today expressed his
concern over the reported decision of the US to supply a whole array of
sophisticated
laser guided bomb kits, surveillance drones and latest-model F-16 fighter jets
to Pakistan. "Given our bitter past experience of how Islamabad used such aid
against India, Washington should ensure that the latest tranche of military aid
is used only for the purpose of countering Al Qaida and Taliban terrorists and
not against India," Antony said on Thursday. With this new arms aid, US
counterinsurgency
assistance fund for Pakistan is slated to double increase to 1.2 billion dollars
in 2011. Just a few months ago, the talk of increasing monetary and military aid
to Pakistan created a furor in US Congress with lawmakers questioning what action
Pakistan has taken against militancy in return for US aid over the last decade. |
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