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| 26 May 2004 | Wednesday | 06 Rabi-us-Saani 1425 |
Military talks with US put off
ISLAMABAD, May 25: Talks between Pakistani and US army commanders to discuss recent incursions by US troops based in Afghanistan into Pakistan have been postponed for two days, a foreign ministry official said here on Tuesday.
The meeting was originally scheduled to be held on Tuesday near the Lwara Mandi, a remote village on the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border. "It (the meeting) could not be held due to some logistical reasons," foreign ministry spokesman Masood Khan said.
"It will now be held at midday on Thursday, at the same venue." US troops hunting Al Qaeda and Taliban insurgents in southeast Afghanistan burst over the border into Lwara Mandi several times in May, according to residents on the Pakistani side.
But Pakistan authorities have only defined two crossings, on May 2 and May 20, as "incursions" and lodged protests over them. Lwara Mandi straddles the border in the North Waziristan.
Mr Khan told reporters on Monday that both sides "will look at ways and means to coordinate better so that there's no misunderstanding, no miscommunication." -AFP
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