Islamabad: The US forces stationed in Afghanistan conduct combine operations in Pakistani territories with Pakistani paramilitary forces deployed on Pak-Afghan Border.
Officials of Private Security are also reported to be involved in such meetings and the planning of such operations.
It is emerged after a video, apparently recorded in Pakistan’s Mehmand Agency area, that although forces of both the countries pretend publicly to operate separately but in actual it is not the case.
The video shows US and Pakistani forces conduct joint operations and it’s a routine for US troops to engage in operations within Pakistani borders.
Even in recent past, American commandos have completed two missions in Pakistani tribal area out of which one resulted in deaths of Pakistani Soldiers deployed at Border Check Post. The second operation ended with civilian causalities.
At first, ISPR, official media relations hand of Pakistan Army, denied it but after the second incident fierce protest was lodged and NATO supply line was sealed in consequence.
During those two operations Afghan government continued to blame Pakistan militants and supporters of Taliban of being involved in anti-Nato activities and added that they took shelter in Pakistan tribal area after completing such tasks.
Video was recorded in December 2010 in Pakistani tribal belt Mehmand agency, near a region call Sora Darra. It shows nine US soldiers along with a civil-dressed American are busy in meeting with Pakistani Forces.
Earlier on Friday in an assembly session of National Assembly, Minister of External Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar has accepted the presence of 851 Americans in Pakistan including 554 diplomats and 297 non diplomats.
Shooting style of video and the reaction of Pakistani and American troops develop a feeling that the person who records it was one of the meeting participants. Short mobile video is stretched to over 3-minute duration.
The video of alleged meeting before joint operation also shows Pakistani Border Force or Frontier Constabulary officials sitting with their captain rank commander. Soldiers of both the countries seem to be involved in group discussion on any issue while a private security official is continuously taking notes.
Earlier, experts with insights on Pakistan’s Foreign Policy and Pak-US ties have said that over 5,000 US troops are engaged in operational activities in Pakistan came on visas granted after special permission from Pakistan’s Envoy to US Hussain Haqqani and the Pakistan government.
The video shows serving of famous Qahwa (tea), a symbol of hospitality in tribal areas, to US troops.
The video of Pakistan army convened meeting seems to be recorded near any Pakistani check post. Three minutes 27 seconds long video also reveals that two US troops with their four Pakistani counterparts standing on top of a mountain were looking around alertly while rest were busy in the meeting sitting in a circle on floor.
It is evident from various media reports that Michael George Fernandez otherwise known as Raymond Davis, arrested Jan 27 on killing of two Pakistanis in Lahore, was responsible for developing networks to protect US interest in the restive South Asian country besides having a close eye on extremists groups.
Combine video of Pakistani and US troops once again raises the question that while opposing US operations publicly, Pakistan government, in fact, is a crucial part of the ongoing war initiated on hidden US nod.
It is also claimed both by US and Pakistan armies that they had eliminating militants and Talibans in their separate or combine operations, a claim contradicted by independent sources and United Nations’ reports. The reports maintained that most of killings in Afghanistan after 2001 were of civilians. The last year’s report of UN confirmed that more than 70 killings involved civilians.
Former Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) chief and defense analyst General (Retd) Hameed Gul was reported saying that information emerged during Raymod Davis case and subsequent US attitude had reaffirmed that Pakistan should have to review its ties and policy regarding a war waged to benefit the world super power.
More importantly, in a telephonic contact between ISI head Lt. General Shuja Pasha and CIA chief Levin Penta, the former has demanded to US to reveal all of its troops present in Pakistan; however, the conversation did not cover, at least on record level, issue of combine public operations.
This is to remember that information is circulating in many circles that there are over 1,000 CIA agents in Pakistan who were granted permission by the civilian government while overcrossing the Pakistan’s agencies.
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