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Pakistan frets over expected US military surge
An expected US military surge in Afghanistan could destabilize neighboring Pakistan, Pakistan's prime minister said on Thursday, days before a long-awaited US announcement on its Afghan strategy.
President Obama is set to unveil a revised strategy for the increasingly unpopular Afghan war next week, with at least 30,000 more US troops expected to be sent to Afghanistan.
But US ally Pakistan fears the reinforcements could force militants to flee into Pakistan, in particular into its volatile south-western province of Balochistan, said Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani.
'Sending more troops to Afghanistan, there's fear that the influx of militants may be towards Balochistan,' Gilani told a news conference.