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No plans to send combat troops to Pakistan: US

WASHINGTON: The US has brushed aside an Afghan demand to strike at Taliban safe havens across the border, saying it has no plans to send combat troops to Pakistan.

“We have no plans to send US combat forces to Pakistan,” State Department spokesman Philip Crowley told reporters on Thursday.

The spokesman said the US was working with the Pakistanis to eliminate the safe havens which are a threat to Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States.

Stating that the elimination of safe havens was central to US President Barack Obama’s strategy unveiled last December, Crowley said, “You have the United States and the international community working with Afghanistan on one side of the border, and you do have Pakistan taking aggressive action on the other side of the border. And our message to Pakistan is that that offensive, if you will, needs to continue.”

The Obama administration on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over the “aggressive action” taken by the Pakistan Army in the Tribal Areas.

About the negative image of the US in Pakistan, Crowley said the Obama administration had worked hard in recent months to try to strengthen bilateral relations. app

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