Pak slams leakage of US mly reports

NEW YORK (APP) - Pakistans UN Ambassador Abdu-llah Hussain Haroon has denounced the leaked US military reports, saying Afghan agents who were hostile to Pakistan mostly fed their authors wrong information. In an interview telecast on CBS World Watch programme on Thursday, he said those reports were not verifiable and even flawed, as has been pointed out by top US officials, experts and some major newspapers. The release of the secret documents appeared to be part of an orchestrated campaign against Pakistan, taking into account the spate of statements coming out in Kabul and Delhi, ambassador Haroon pointed out. He cited documents in support of his arguments that the Taliban did not trust the ISI. Replying to a question, the Pakistan envoy said that there may have been a relationship between ISI and the Taliban, but in a war such contacts were considered necessary. After all in the early 80s, the US itself worked with ISI to chase out the occupying Russians. Responding to a question whether the war in Afghanistan could be won, Haroon said US war strategy needs to change for America to win. In my personal opinion, the way the war is being fought, it doesnt seem winnable, he said. The ambassador also said Pakistan needs more help and equipment to fight the Taliban-Qaeda insurgency in the north. The concentration of Al- Qaeda has shifted to Yemen, and in Afghanistan itself in the province of Kunar, which everyone in Afghanistan and Pakistan knows is where the Taliban and Al-Qaeda have put a very formidable enclave, why isnt anyone doing anything about it? asked Haroon. Has the ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) forces gone into Kunar? They want us to do more. We have limited resources. In his personal opinion, the ambassador said the insurgent attacks plaguing the region will decrease when US and NATO troops leave.

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