Pakistan threatens to withdraw troops from Afghan border over US aid reduction

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Pakistan has warned it will withdraw troops from the Afghan border where they are fighting Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked insurgents if the US does not reinstate $800m in military assistance which has been suspended amid a worsening diplomatic row.

Officials say 147,000 troops are deployed in the tribal areas, where they are engaged in operations against Taliban and al-Qaeda cells

The cash includes $300m to reimburse the Pakistan military for deploying troops in the mountainous tribal areas close to Afghanistan.

Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar, the country's defence minister, said without it Pakistan could not afford to keep troops at 1,100 checkpoints near the mountainous border.

"The next step would be that the government or the armed forces will pull back the forces from the border areas," he told the Express 24/7 news channel. "We cannot afford to keep military out in the mountains for such a long period."

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At the weekend it emerged that the Pentagon was to end a third of its annual $2.7bn assistance to the Pakistan military.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/8632460/Pakistan-threatens-to-withdraw-troops-from-Afghan-border-over-US-aid-reduction.html

Get the fuck out now!!!!!!!

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1. Go ahead - they'll just Bomb Pakistan more

Like Taliban and al-Qaeda haven't been bombing and disrupting Pakistan's Government