US military may hand over Afghan war equipment to Pakistan

[kentuck]

http://www.dawn.com/news/1093755

The Washington Post (WP) reported that the potential move could be, "part of an effort by the Pentagon to unload excess military supplies to US allies at no cost".

The report said that discussions on this issue has been taking place over several months between American and Pakistani officials.

One motive for this potential transaction is that the US does not want to pay to ship out leftover military hardware from the conflict in neighboring Afghanistan.

The WP report gives detail that although a final decision on this issue has not been taken, Pakistan has particular interest in acquiring the US Army’s mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles.

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related link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/pakistan-eyes-us-military-equipment-in-afghanistan/2014/03/16/0478d99f-8d6a-4f08-b3df-b6fe8599cc9e_story.html?tid=hpModule_04941f10-8a79-11e2-98d9-3012c1cd8d1e&hpid

[CFLDem]

1. Great.

Maybe they can civilize Waziristan with it. I won't hold my breath, though.

[Lost_Count]

3. They'll get a few thousand MRAPs and the supply will slowly dwindle as they fail to maintain...

[razorman]

2. Good grief! Why do we still pretend that Pakistan is our friend?

[dflprincess]

4. What could possibly go wrong?

[Token Republican]

5. Maybe its me or

a rift in the space time continuum, but wtf is happening here. I expect this kind of news when my traditional party is in office.

[Comrade Grumpy]

6. Oh, that's funny. Like groan funny.