Pakistan warns US off cross-border raid
By Rob Crilly, Islamabad
Rehman Malik denied Pakistan's intelligence agency had ties to the network.
"The Pakistan nation will not allow the boots on our ground, never," he told Reuters in an interview.
Our government is already co-operating with the US ... but they also must respect our sovereignty."
The two nations have been awkward allies ever since 9/11 threw them together in the war against terrorist groups headquartered in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Relations between the two countries had already soured this year with the arrest of a CIA agent – for shooting dead two Pakistani men in Lahore – and then the unauthorised special forces sortie that killed Osama bin Laden in May.
Rehman Malik denied Pakistan's intelligence agency had ties to the network.
"The Pakistan nation will not allow the boots on our ground, never," he told Reuters in an interview.
Our government is already co-operating with the US ... but they also must respect our sovereignty."
The two nations have been awkward allies ever since 9/11 threw them together in the war against terrorist groups headquartered in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Relations between the two countries had already soured this year with the arrest of a CIA agent – for shooting dead two Pakistani men in Lahore – and then the unauthorised special forces sortie that killed Osama bin Laden in May.
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