Pakistan's Musharraf Hopes Early End to US AttacksPakistan President Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday in Islamabad that most people in the country wanted an early end to US-led campaign against Afghanistan's ruling Taliban for sheltering terrorism suspect Osama bin Laden."One would like to say that certainly a majority of the people are against the operation in Afghanistan, they would like to see this operation to be terminated as fast as possible and that is what I would urge the coalition -- to achieve the military objectives and terminate the operation," Musharraf told a joint news conference with US Secretary of State Colin Powell. "However the majority of the people of Pakistan are with my actions," he said. Musharraf said he hoped that the military strikes against Afghanistan would be short and met their objectives soon. |
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