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Summary The Pakistani Army slammed the US for negative propaganda on Thursday.
Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said that “the Army’s multiple offensives against insurgent groups in the northwest are evidence of Pakistans national resolve to defeat terrorism.”The Pakistani Army slammed the US for “negative propaganda” on Thursday, a response to Mike Mullen accusations that Pakistans intelligence agency still has ties to a Taliban faction operating in the country. The escalating incriminations coming from both sides indicate the immense pressure facing the US-Pakistan relationship, although both countries vow they are committed to maintaining ties.Pakistan was enraged by the case of Raymond Davis, the CIA contractor disguised as a low-level US embassy official who shot and killed two Pakistani men in January. That incident prompted last weeks announcement that Pakistan expected the US to halt all drone attacks in the country and to cut the number of intelligence agents operating on the ground, including all of those operating without Pakistans knowledge. The US has given no indication that it plans to acquiesce to Pakistans demands.Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen visited Pakistan this week to try to soothe the tensions between the two countries and meet with Pakistani military officials. Pakistan insists that the key problem is a lack of US trust in Pakistani counterterrorism efforts, as well as US drone attacks, which are highly unpopular among the Pakistani public. The US says that Pakistan is not doing enough to fight terrorism, an accusation Pakistan also disputes.
