Pakistan to limit US unilateral actions: Hina

Pakistan to limit US unilateral actions: Hina
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Summary Pakistan will tell US that it cannot take unilateral action like Abbottabad in future.

Pakistan will tell the United States that it cannot take unilateral actions such as the raid that killed Osama bin Laden and that parliament will determine military priorities, the foreign minister said.A Pakistani parliamentary committee is reviewing the troubled relationship with the United States amid outrage over a NATO raid in November that mistakenly killed 24 Pakistani soldiers near the Afghan border at Salala.Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, in an interview with Time magazine released Wednesday, said that the upcoming report would recognize the importance of US ties but will redefine what is uncompromisable for Pakistan.It is the parliament of Pakistan that must decide whether it is time for military action in one area or not, she said.Asked what Pakistans red lines would be, she said: No unilateral action at any level, of any type. Like Abbottabad. Like what happened in Salala.US forces killed Osama bin Laden in a raid in May in Abbottabad, which is home to Pakistans top military academy. US officials gave no advance warning out of fear that Pakistan may have stopped the raid or tipped off bin Laden.Despite Pakistans offensives against some homegrown extremists, US officials have charged that elements in Pakistans intelligence agency support some other Islamic militants, particularly in Afghanistan.A newly leaked NATO document -- seen by The Times newspaper in London and the BBC -- cited Taliban detainees as saying that Pakistani intelligence was intimately involved in supporting the Afghan insurgency.Khar, on a visit to Kabul on Wednesday, rejected the accusations and said that Pakistan has no hidden agenda in Afghanistan, where Western forces aim to pull out most combat troops in 2014.In the interview with Time, Khar said that Pakistan will support whatever path the Afghans choose for themselves.Pakistans desires and hopes for Afghanistan are nothing more than a peaceful, stable Afghanistan, she said.

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