US forces 'massing on Afghanistan-Pakistan border'
By Dean Nelson, South Asia Editor and
Javed Siddiq in Islamabad
2:19PM BST 18 Oct 2011
Translation by Autumnson Blog
US forces are massing on the Pakistan border in eastern Afghanistan amid reports of an imminent drone missile offensive against fighters from the feared Haqqani Network, a Taliban faction which operates from safe havens in Pakistan's North Waziristan Agency, Pakistan Army sources have confirmed.
美軍在阿富汗東部的巴基斯坦邊境集結，正值有報導一場迫在眉睫的無人駕駛飛機導彈侵犯，針對來自擔心的哈卡尼網絡的戰鬥機，那是一個在巴基斯坦的北瓦濟里斯坦機構的避風港運作的塔利班派別，巴基斯坦陸軍消息來源已證實。
一名美軍士兵站崗在阿富汗的Turkham楠格哈爾地區，接壤巴基斯坦邊境 照片後衛：法新社/蓋蒂
The scale of the American build-up, including helicopter gunships, heavy artillery and hundreds of American and Afghan troops, caused panic in north Waziristan where tribal militias who feared they could be targeted gathered in the capital Miranshah to coordinate their response.
美軍集結的規模，包括武裝直升機、重型火砲、數以百計的美國和阿富汗部隊，在北瓦濟里斯坦造成恐慌，在那裡部族民兵擔心可能成為目標，他們聚集在首都米蘭沙赫來協調他們的反應。
Local officials in the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) warned that Pakistan's armed forces would repel any incursion across the border by American forces, but military sources in Islamabad and Afghan officials suggested the build-up was part of a coordinated operation.
在聯邦直轄部落地區的本地官員警告，巴基斯坦的武裝部隊將擊退任何越過邊境入侵的美國軍隊，但在伊斯蘭堡的軍方消息來源和阿富汗官員提出，集結是協調行動的一部分。
Relations between Washington and Islamabad have deteriorated dramatically in recent months as American officials increased pressure on Pakistan to launch an offensive against the Haqqani Network, which mounts attacks on Nato forces in Afghanistan from bases in North Waziristan.
Islamabad has fiercely resisted American pressure, claiming its forces are overstretched and stating its priority is to fight Taliban factions which have declared war on Pakistan, rather than those, like the Haqqanis, who focus on cross-border attacks on Nato forces.
Last month Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the U.S Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently accused Pakistan's ISI intelligence service of plotting the attack on the US embassy in Kabul with Haqqani network fighters and claimed the militant group was a "veritable arm" of the ISI.
Islamabad and Washington have traded accusations since then, but the massing of American troops on the Afghan border appears to suggest some understanding may have been reached.
According to Pakistan Army sources, the U.S had informed Islamabad about the planned build-up and described it as part of a "cordon and search operation" in which Haqqani Network fighters will be pushed over the Afghan border from North Waziristan and then "encircled, arrested or killed" by American forces lying in wait.
A spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul declined to comment on the build-up. A spokesman for the Pakistan Army said it had not been informed about the number of American troops on the border but it was reported that American and Afghan troops had established curfews in eastern Khost province, conducted house to house searches, established checkpoints and occupied hilltops close to Ghulam Khan on the Pakistan side of the border.
The Haqqani Network and militant allies have increased in strength on both sides of the border over the last two years and have been blamed for a summer increase in cross-border raids on Nato positions in eastern Afghanistan.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/8834040/US-forces-massing-on-Afghanistan-Pakistan-border.html
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