WASHINGTON: A elderly Pentagon functionary has informed Congress that Pakistan continues to give the United States access to its airspace and the two sides are also talking about keeping that access open.
US Undersecretary of Defence for Policy Colin Kahl participated in this information with the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday during an open/ unrestricted hail on “ Security in Afghanistan and in the regions of South and Central Asia”.
He was replying to a question from the commission’s president Senator Jack Reed, who asked him to modernize the panel on “ our arrangement with Pakistan regarding their cooperation with us in counterterrorism”. The senator appertained to recent press reports claiming that Pakistan was working with the Taliban to attack the militant Islamic State group.
“ Pakistan is a grueling actor, but they don’t want Afghanistan to be a safe haven for terrorist attacks, external attacks, not just against Pakistan but against others” as well, Dr Kahl told the open session. “ They continue to give us access to Pakistani airspace and we’re in discussion about keeping that access open.”
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