Pak Army needs no foreign training: COAS

May 16, 2009

Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Saturday said that Pakistan Army has developed a full range of counter insurgency training facilities tailored to train troops for such operations. "Therefore, except for very specialized weapons and equipment, high technology, no generalized foreign training is required," the COAS said in a press statement issued here. Owing to its vast experience, Pakistan Army remains the best suited force to operate in its own area, he said. “So, the comments from various quarters coming on the level of Low Intensity Conflict (LIC) training of Pakistani troops and about their shifting from eastern borders is unsuited.”