{"id":788,"date":"2010-09-23T08:17:36","date_gmt":"2010-09-23T08:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=788"},"modified":"2010-09-23T08:17:36","modified_gmt":"2010-09-23T08:17:36","slug":"cia-covertly-runs-afghan-force-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2010\/09\/23\/788\/","title":{"rendered":"CIA covertly runs Afghan force in Pakistan\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; float: right;\" alt=\"america-operation\" src=\"images\/stories\/news\/america-operation.jpg\" width=\"218\" height=\"205\" \/>WASHINGTON: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) runs an Afghan paramilitary force that hunts down al-Qaeda and Taliban militants in covert operations in Pakistan, a US official said on Wednesday.<\/div>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Confirming an account in a new book by famed reporter Bob Woodward, the US official told AFP that the Counter-terrorism Pursuit Teams were highly effective but did not offer details. \u201cThis is one of the best Afghan fighting forces and it\u2019s made major contributions to stability and security,\u201d said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.<br \/>The 3,000-strong paramilitary army of Afghan soldiers was created and bankrolled by the CIA and was designed as an \u201celite\u201d unit to pursue \u201chighly sensitive covert operations into Pakistan\u201d in the fight against al-Qaeda and Taliban sanctuaries, according to The Washington Post, which revealed details of the new book.<br \/>US President Barack Obama has sought to pile pressure on militant havens in Pakistan through a stepped up bombing campaign using unmanned aircraft as well as US special forces\u2019 operations in Afghan territory.<br \/>The administration also has pressed the Pakistani Army to go after the Taliban and associated groups in the northwest tribal belt. Revelations about a US-run unit operating in Pakistan are sure to complicate Washington\u2019s ties with Islamabad as well as Kabul\u2019s difficult relations with Pakistan.<br \/>The US military\u2019s presence in Afghanistan and its secretive drone strikes across the border are the subject of sharp public criticism and suspicion in Pakistan. Based on interviews with top decision makers, including Obama himself, Woodward\u2019s book describes the US president as struggling to find a way to extricate US troops from the Afghan war amid acrimonious debate among advisers and resistance from the military.<br \/>Meanwhile, Afghanistan\u2019s electoral watchdog said Wednesday it was tackling almost 4,000 complaints over the parliamentary elections, which has been tainted by accusations of fraud and Taliban intimidation.<br \/>Election officials said 4.3 million Afghans braved insurgent threats and attacks to vote Saturday in their second parliamentary poll since the 2001 US-led invasion overthrew the Taliban regime.<br \/>Counting has been completed in most of the country\u2019s 34 provinces and partial results \u2014 subject to change as allegations of multiple and proxy voting are investigated \u2014 are being sent to Kabul for validation.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: The News<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) runs an Afghan paramilitary force that hunts down al-Qaeda and Taliban militants in covert operations in Pakistan, a US official said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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