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No More Military Bases for US in Pakistan | US withdrawal from Afghanistan?

Pakistani bases, airspace, and all-season supply routes and communication lines into neighboring Afghanistan had been crucial in enabling and sustaining the US-led military invasion following 9/11.

However, at a press meet in the capital Islamabad on Tuesday, Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Pakistan would not participate in any future US military campaigns – and will choose to remain “partners in peace.”

“No. We don’t intend to allow boots on the ground here, and Pakistan isn’t transferring any base (to the US) ... We will be partners in peace, and this will be our role – the role of a facilitator,” said Qureshi, responding to a question on whether the government was under pressure to turn over bases to the US.

“There is no pressure. Pakistan will protect its interests,”
No More Military Bases for US in Pakistan | US Military Bases in Pakistan?

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