The Pentagon said on Wednesday that it plans to cut back the number of American troops in Pakistan after Pakistan made a formal request, amid tensions over a US raid against Osama bin Laden.
“We were recently (within past 2 weeks) notified in writing that the government of Pakistan wished for the US to reduce its footprint in Pakistan. Accordingly, we have begun those reductions,” spokesman Colonel Dave Lapan said in an email to reporters.
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