U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Espejo, 66th Military Police Company stationed out of Fort Lewis, Wash., pulls security at the Pakistani border at Torkham Gate during the Afghan Independence Day ceremonies, Aug. 19. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Daniel M. RangelAfghan-Pakistani Coalition Force Proposed: Defense Minister
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Afghanistan's defense minister proposed Monday creating a joint Afghan-Pakistani-coalition force to operate against insurgents on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistan border.
Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak said the idea was broached about a month and a half ago at a meeting of senior US, Afghan and Pakistani officials.
The Pakistanis "said they are looking at it," Wardak told reporters during a visit to the Pentagon.
"A terrorist does not recognize any boundaries," Wardak said.
"So to fight them we have to eventually come up with some arrangement together with our neighbor Pakistan that we should have a combined and joint task force of coalition Afghan and Pakistani forces to be able to operate on both sides of the border."
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My Comment: Nothing is going to come out of this. Pakistan is too fractured for any hope of cooperation at this moment in time.