Pak pressurising US by declaring to withdraw troops from Afghan border - The Diigo Meta page

• 01 Dec 08
  

  unnikrishna kurup
  • By declaring that it is going to withdraw its troops from the Afghan border, Pakistan is trying to put pressure on Washington to persuade India not to mobilise its Army.
  • By declaring that it is going to withdraw its troops from the Afghan border, Pakistan is trying to put pressure on Washington to persuade India not to mobilise its Army.
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  • • US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is understood to have urged the Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee not to escalate tensions with Pakistan. She also appealed for calm when she spoke to President Asif Ali Zardari.
      
      
      
      Rice has spoken at least twice to each leader since the Mumbai terror attacks began on Wednesday.
    • US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is understood to have urged the Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee not to escalate tensions with Pakistan. She also appealed for calm when she spoke to President Asif Ali Zardari.
      
      
      
      Rice has spoken at least twice to each leader since the Mumbai terror attacks began on Wednesday.

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