Pakistan may be subjected to deeper US strikes in future
March 24, 2009
At present America is carrying on covert war in Pakistan in the unruly tribal areas. President Barrack Obama and his national security advisors are considering expanding the American covert war in Pakistan to the areas considered as Taliban power centre of Baluchistan, where top rebel leaders are presumed orchestrating attacks into southern Afghanistan.
According to the New York Times, in separate reports, groups led by both general David H Petraeus, commander of US forces in the region, and lieutenant general Douglas E Lute, a top White House official on Afghanistan, have recommended expanding US operations to reach the major sanctuary of the Taliban and other insurgent groups in and around the city f Quetta.
At present, the missile strikes being carried out by CIA-operated drones have been limited to the tribal areas, and never been extended into Baluchistan, a sprawling province under the authority of the central government. However, the US government fears that extending the raids would probably worsen tensions with Pakistan complaining that the strikes violate its sovereignty.
One senior administration official said:
Other News:“It is fair to say that there is wide agreement to sustain and continue these covert programs. One of the foundations on which the recommendations to the president will be based is that we have got to sustain the disruption of the safe havens.”
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