US ADMIRAL DISCLOSES WASHINGTON SPECIAL FORCES TEAM IN NEPAL FOR ANTI-TERRORISM FIGHT

US ADMIRAL DISCLOSES WASHINGTON SPECIAL FORCES TEAM IN NEPAL TO FIGHT TERORIS IN NEPAL AND SOUTH ASIA

Kathmandu, 3 March: A US admiral has disclosed Washington has USA has a counter-terrorism assist team laid down in Nepal.
Such teams are based in other South Asian
countries, including India, the admiral disclosed during a Congressional hearing this week , reports from USA said.
During a Congressional hearing yesterday, Admiral Robert F Willard, the US Pacific Command Commander, said,
“We have currently special forces assist teams — Pacific Assist Teams is the term — laid down in Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and India as part of counter-terrorism cooperation with these nations.
“South Asia is home to a confluence of challenges, including nuclear armed rivals India and Pakistan, trans-national VEOs such as LeT, piracy, trafficking in narcotics and persons, disputed borders and insurgent movements that have plagued India, Nepal and Sri Lanka,” said Admiral Robert F. Willard, the US Pacific Command Commander said.
Willard.responded to a question from Congressman Joe Wilson
on what efforts were being made to counter threat from Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba.
The disclosure broke out in the Nepali capital Friday afternoon and
no comments were immediately available from senior responsible Nepali officials.
But teams of the US Pacific Command regularly visit Nepal.
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