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| | GEO Pakistan | | Army to retaliate cross-border attack: ISPR | Updated at: 0400 PST, Friday, September 12, 2008
 ISLAMABAD: Amid talks of changing strategies on US-led war against terrorism, ISPR chief Athar Abbas warns that the Pakistani armed forces will now retaliate with full force in case there are any cross-border strikes on the Pakistani territory.
Major-General Athar Abbas told the British television that the armed forces have been directed to retaliate in case of any attacks from across the border. He said that the Pakistani forces are capable of tackling any kind of attacks.
The DG ISPR said the rules of engagement with the coalition forces are well defined and the right to conduct operations against the militants inside Pakistan is solely the responsibility of the country's armed forces.
The statement follows a similar warning from the Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani. |  |
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