This is a disgrace Australian soldiers are on the ground in Afghanistan, fighting Taliban terrorists supplied and sheltered by Pakistan, Pakistan has just signed a agreement with terrorists to implement Sharia Law.
I guess Rudd and his party would see it as only fair that Australia train those we are fighting against,the best way how to KILL our Soldiers, in what PM Rudd and his feminist collective & diverse workshop of failed school teachers and piss head Union Officials,multiculturalists, who are Rudd's non sexist,non judgmental Government, would describe as "getting the balance right" or "in the interests of fairness" no we would not want too many Australian soldiers to come back uninjured and alive from Afghanistan in the war against Islamic terrorism would you? you pathetic sack of UN sponsored Socialist SHIT.
Pakistan falls to Sharia Law (or it's now official")
Smith announces more Pakistani troops
SkyNews
Updated: 17:48,
Tuesday February 17, 2009
Australian foreign minister Stephen Smith has announced a four-fold increase in the numbers of Pakistani government military officers to be trained in Australia.
Speaking at the beginning of a three-day visit to Pakistan, Smith said the decision would 'raise the numbers to 40 to 50 officers'.
With around 1,100 Australian troops already stationed in neighbouring Afghanistan, Smith also said Australia was ready to respond positively if the US asked it to provide more troops to stabilise the situation in Afghanistan.
Smith's visit came as the government in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) signed an agreement with the radical cleric Maulana Sufi Mohammad.
Mohammad is a supporter of the pro-Taliban militants fighting for the enforcement of Islamic Sharia law in Swat, located just 160km from Islamabad.
Under the deal, the government will set up Islamic courts to provide speedy justice to people and end security operations in the region.
Smith, the first Australian foreign minister to visit Pakistan in a decade, welcomed the deal.
'It is a positive development and we hope for a positive outcome,' he told a joint press conference with Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
Smith also flew to the NWFP's provincial capital Peshawar and Khyber pass, the historic border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
More than 120,000 Pakistani troops are fighting Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters entrenched in its lawless tribal area bordering Afghanistan. They have suffered hundreds of casualties while fighting insurgents.
Smith also said military enforcement was not enough to fight terrorism and it was important to build the capacity of the civilian government and engage moderate elements through political dialogue.
Qureshi said: 'The war against terror could not be won by military means alone and that a multi-pronged strategy was required to root out the causes of terrorism and win the hearts and minds of the people.'