Basically Pakistan has no reason to shift army units to Indian border, as there is no escalation of tensions and military activities on both sides (India-Pak). The main factor is that U.S. and NATO military supplies route from Karachi to Afghanistan may be re-routed due to militants interruptions and the transit fees may dry up, which is a good income to the economy of Pakistan. Now Pakistan is playing hardball with Obama administration by shifting some army unit to Indian border and leaving some area of Afghan-Pak border unguarded, which is an instrument of bargain for DOLLARS!!!!
How Pakistan Milks The US And NATO!!!! Part 2 / US Detects Double Billing By Pak Navy Honey, I shrunk Pakistan! The Taliban are coming, shouts By Muqtedar Khan*
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - March 6, 2009: Pakistani efforts to combat Islamist extremists in northwestern Pakistan have had mixed results, partly because some military units were shifted to the eastern border with India, the US Defense Department said on Thursday.
"There is progress in some areas and there's deterioration in others, in terms of the effectiveness of operations," Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell told reporters. 
Pakistani paramilitary soldiers patrol in the remote Bajaur Agency in February 2009. Pakistani efforts to combat Islamist extremists in northwestern Pakistan have had mixed results, partly because some military units were shifted to the eastern border with India, the US Defense Department said on Thursday.
"And part of that is the result of the fact that some assets, Pakistani military assets, were redeployed east to deal with concerns they had on the Indian border."
The United States, which says Al-Qaeda has regrouped in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area, stood ready to provide assistance to Pakistan in its fight against militants but in a way that was acceptable to Islamabad, Morrell said.
"They need help, and we are ready and willing to help them in a variety of ways," he said.
"It's a question of their comfort level, but we continue to work with them on trying to figure out ways that will enhance their capabilities and at the same time leave them comfortable with the arrangement."
He spoke after a high-level Pakistani delegation, including army chief of staff General Ashfaq Kayani, visited Washington last week as President Barack Obama's administration reviews US strategy in Afghanistan and the region.
Morrell said Pakistani officials shared US concerns about the presence of militants on its territory, including the Al-Qaeda network.
"What the (US defense) secretary heard from General Kayani is that they recognize that the militants, the terrorists in their midst are as much a threat to them as they are to us," he said.
"And I think he was very pleased with the level of commitment of General Kayani, as the leader of the army, to deal with that threat."
The Pakistani military and intelligence services have been accused of turning a blind eye to the Taliban -- which was allied with Islamabad when it ruled Afghanistan until its ouster in 2001.
Pakistan, in turn, is angered by US unmanned drone attacks on its territory that have killed high-level militants but also civilians -- inflaming local outrage.
Pakistan has urged, so far unsuccessfully, the new Obama administration to halt the attacks and hand the drones over to them.
US officials have also sought to defuse tensions between Pakistan and India. The nuclear-armed South Asian rivals have fought two wars triggered by the territorial dispute over Kashmir.
Pakistani paramilitary soldiers patrol in the remote Bajaur Agency in February 2009. Pakistani efforts to combat Islamist extremists in northwestern Pakistan have had mixed results, partly because some military units were shifted to the eastern border with India, the US Defense Department said on Thursday.
"And part of that is the result of the fact that some assets, Pakistani military assets, were redeployed east to deal with concerns they had on the Indian border."
The United States, which says Al-Qaeda has regrouped in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area, stood ready to provide assistance to Pakistan in its fight against militants but in a way that was acceptable to Islamabad, Morrell said.
"They need help, and we are ready and willing to help them in a variety of ways," he said.
"It's a question of their comfort level, but we continue to work with them on trying to figure out ways that will enhance their capabilities and at the same time leave them comfortable with the arrangement."
He spoke after a high-level Pakistani delegation, including army chief of staff General Ashfaq Kayani, visited Washington last week as President Barack Obama's administration reviews US strategy in Afghanistan and the region.
Morrell said Pakistani officials shared US concerns about the presence of militants on its territory, including the Al-Qaeda network.
"What the (US defense) secretary heard from General Kayani is that they recognize that the militants, the terrorists in their midst are as much a threat to them as they are to us," he said.
"And I think he was very pleased with the level of commitment of General Kayani, as the leader of the army, to deal with that threat."
The Pakistani military and intelligence services have been accused of turning a blind eye to the Taliban -- which was allied with Islamabad when it ruled Afghanistan until its ouster in 2001.
Pakistan, in turn, is angered by US unmanned drone attacks on its territory that have killed high-level militants but also civilians -- inflaming local outrage.
Pakistan has urged, so far unsuccessfully, the new Obama administration to halt the attacks and hand the drones over to them.
US officials have also sought to defuse tensions between Pakistan and India. The nuclear-armed South Asian rivals have fought two wars triggered by the territorial dispute over Kashmir.
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