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| Pak war against Taliban will be 'tough fight': Gen Petraeus
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 30-May-2009
5:17:58 AM |
| As Pakistani military intensified operations against the Taliban in Swat valley and adjoining areas, a top US General has said that it is going to be "a tough fight" for the country whose "very existence" is threatened by the militants.
"Well, clearly, there's going to be a tough fight. But clearly, as well, the Pakistani military has taken on this fight," Gen David Petraeus, Commander of the US Central Command, told Fox News channel.
He was responding to a question about the success of current military operation against the Taliban in the Swat valley and adjoining areas of Pakistan.
"They (Pakistani Army) are doing it because of the threat that the Taliban poses to them and to their country, not because of American interests. The people have come to recognise the Taliban for their repressive practices," Petraeus said.
The Pakistani army is fighting the militants "because the Taliban has come to represent a threat to the very existence of their State."
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