U.S.-Afghan-Pakistani site opens
U.S., Afghan and Pakistani officers Saturday opened the first of six joint military intelligence centers planned along the Afghan-Pakistan border.
The centers represent the latest American efforts to get Afghanistan and Pakistan to coordinate in the fight against the Taliban and Al Qaeda. The centers are to be staffed by about 20 personnel from the three countries.
Maj. Gen. David Rodriguez, the commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, told personnel from the three countries that they were taking “a giant step forward in cooperation.”
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