ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's army chief told parliament's defence committee the United States should focus on stabilising Afghanistan instead of pushing Pakistan to attack militant groups in a crucial border region, a committee member told Reuters on Wednesday.
Army Chief General Ashfaq Kayani also said Pakistan alone will decide if and when to launch a full-scale offensive in the North Waziristan region to attack militants.
He also said the United States would have to think "10 times" before taking any unilateral action there. Pakistan is not like Iraq or Afghanistan, the parliamentarian quoted Kayani as saying. The MP spoke on condition of anonymity.
"The problem lies in Afghanistan, not Pakistan," the parliamentarian quoted Kayani as telling the committee in a briefing on national security matters held at army headquarters.
Copyright Reuters, 2011
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