{"id":51322,"date":"2014-06-05T14:33:28","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T11:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=51322"},"modified":"2014-06-05T14:33:28","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T11:33:28","slug":"us-troops-were-ready-to-enter-pakistan-to-secure-abducted-soldiers-release-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/us-troops-were-ready-to-enter-pakistan-to-secure-abducted-soldiers-release-report\/","title":{"rendered":"US troops were ready to enter Pakistan to secure abducted soldier\u2019s release: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl minute before his release at Afghan border. File pic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After abduction of US soldier Bowe Bergdahl by Taliban in Afghanistan in 2009, \u00a0\u00a0American troops were prepared to enter Pakistani territory to secure Sergeant\u2019s release.<\/h1>\n

Islamabad, June 5\/Nationalturk – After abduction of US soldier Bowe Bergdahl by Taliban in Afghanistan in 2009, Obama administration had began considering plans for his rescue and at one point of time American troops were prepared to enter Pakistani territory to secure Sergeant\u2019s release .<\/p>\n

American influential newspaper, Washington Post quoted David Sedney, a former Pentagon\u2019s top official overseeing policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as saying that Bergdahl slipped away from his post in Afghanistan\u2019s Paktika province in June 2009 and fell into Taliban hands.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe (US Sergeant) was then moved across the border into the tribal areas of Pakistan, where he was held by the Haqqani network,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u2018Possible fix twice on abducted soldier\u2019s location\u2019<\/h2>\n

The newspaper quoted US officials as saying that at least twice before Bergdahl\u2019s release last week, US officials had a possible fix on where he was being held.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was debate in Washington as to whether an incursion inside Pakistani territory should be carried out to release him. Adm. Mike Mullen, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and then-CIA Director Leon Panetta were responsible for managing the investigations in Pakistan,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

Sedney said after the operation against Osama bin Laden in Abottabad, matters had become more difficult as US relations with the Pakistani army had already deteriorated.<\/p>\n

He said the Pakistani army had issued orders that US helicopters should be shot down if they were seen flying on its territory.<\/p>\n

Sedney said they required solid information to devise a strategy in this regard, which was not available at the time.<\/p>\n

Therefore, he said, Sergeant Bergdahl remained in the captivity of the Haqqani network for five years.<\/p>\n

Sedney was quoted as saying by BBC that when Bergdahl was taken hostage in 2009, the first attempt was to prevent him from being taken to Pakistan.<\/p>\n

\u2018After Bergdahl was taken to Pakistan, it became difficult to negotiate his release\u2019<\/h3>\n

\u201cOnce Bergdahl had been taken to Pakistan, it became difficult to negotiate his release and therefore assistance was sought from the Pakistani military and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI),\u201dhe said.<\/p>\n

Sedney said they were aware that Bergdahl was held captive by the Haqqani network, adding that the US also knew that a certain relationship existed between the ISI and the Haqqani network.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not aware of receiving any assistance from Pakistan on the matter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said Bergdahl was held captive on Pakistani soil and the organisation which had information of his whereabouts was associated with the country.<\/p>\n

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