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Pak may get 60 US choppers

Islamabad, October 4
As Pakistan leaders kept pressing for more weapons systems from the USA to establish “conventional deterrence” against India, the Bush Administration has reportedly approved the sale of 60 attack helicopters to Pakistan for use in operations against the Al-Qaida and the Taliban.

The helicopters approved by the USA include Cobra gunships, to help Pakistan fight the remaining Taliban and Al-Qaida activists hiding in its tribal areas, local daily ‘Dawn’ reported today quoting officials in Washington. — PTI