A U.S. Army paratrooper teaches Afghan boys how to do the “fist bump” in southern Ghazni province, Afghanistan, April 22, 2012. The soldier is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, and is part of a patrol securing Highway 1, the country’s main highway between Kabul and Kandahar. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
Pakistan's Border Control 'A Source Of Frustration' For U.S. Forces -- US News and World Report
'Huge' amounts of drugs, weapons move across border, and one general wants Pakistan to take on more responsibility.
U.S. commanders have come to accept there is a limit to the steps Pakistani leaders are willing to take toward halting the flow of drugs and bomb-making materials in Afghanistan, says one key general.
The Taliban and remaining al Qaeda forces have long benefited from the relative freedom they enjoy on Pakistani soil, something Maj. Gen. John Toolan calls "a source of frustration."
Toolan, who was NATO's Regional Command Southwest chief until last month, told reporters Tuesday in Washington the movement of illicit items back-and-forth across the rugged Afghanistan-Pakistan border is "free flowing."
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My Comment: Bottom line .... after U.S. forces withdraw, Pakistan will continue to be a destabilizing force rather than a stabilizing force in the region.