U.S. Training Pakistan To Fight Taliban

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U.S. Training Pakistan To Fight Taliban
10-26-2008
London Guardian






U.S. special forces have begun teaching a Pakistani paramilitary unit how to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida.

Pakistani army officials say the training began today at an undisclosed location. Thirty-two Americans will spend about six months teaching 116 senior personnel. The course includes classroom and field sessions.

The sensitive mission risks fanning anti-U.S. sentiment among Pakistani Muslims already angry over suspected CIA missile attacks on militants.

Frontier Corps commander Maj. Gen. Tariq Khan says "we need this training to use modern equipment and weapons."

The training program comes as some tribes in the frontier zone are setting up militias to help the Pakistani government combat extremist movements. The new forces have been compared to the Sunni Arab militias in Iraq that helped beat back the insurgency there.