Pakistan expels 18 British military trainers

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Pakistan expels 18 British military trainers

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Pakistan has expelled 18 British military trainers sent to help with the fight against militants.

27 June,2011 07:56 am

According to British Newspaper Guardian, at least 18 military advisers, deployed as part of a £15m programme to train the paramilitary Frontier Corps, have been withdrawn from Pakistan. Most are already back in the UK.The training scheme began last August and was scheduled to run until at least summer 2013. The MoD hopes to redeploy the team once the tensions abate.Since Bin Ladens death, Pakistan has sent home at least 120 US military trainers, most of whom were engaged in training the FC. TheBritish team, a mix of seasoned officers and NCOs, had been stationed at a British-funded FC base near the capital of Balochistan, Quetta.The British Defence Ministry has confirmed the withdrawal of the trainers, the report said.