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US asked to vacate Shamshi Airbase: Mukhtar
RAWALPINDI: Defense Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar said Wednesday that Pakistan did not face any threat from its eastern border, a negative impact had been felt in relations with America and Pakistan had asked it to vacate the Shamshi airbase, Geo News reported.He added that payments from the coalition support fund had stalled and Pakistan had made many sacrifices in the war against terrorism. According to the Defense Minister, the time had come to reevaluate the policy in the war and the country's nuclear arsenal was more valuable than life itself.
Speaking on the whereabouts of Mullah Omer, Mukhtar said that he did not know where the Taliban leader was and even if he was in Pakistan he had already fled the country.
Courtesy www.geo.tv