UK pledges $83m aid: Gilani urges ‘clarity’ on US Afghan strategy

LONDON: Pakistan wants “more clarity” on US President Barack Obama’s new war strategy in Afghanistan, said Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday.

Gilani said his government could not yet decide how and if it could implement Washington’s new approach.

“We are studying that new policy. We need more clarity on it,” he said after talks in London with his British counterpart, Gordon Brown.

Gilani also rejected that Osama Bin Laden is in Pakistan.

He also disputed Brown’s claim that more than two thirds of the terror plots against Britain have roots in Pakistan.

Brown pledged $83 million in new funding for Pakistan to bring the situation under control in the border areas. agencies...LINK