Rawalpindi, May 31 (ANI): The Pakistan Army has rejected media reports claiming the presence of U.S. military trainers in Pakistan.
Earlier, the U.S. had claimed that it has sent a handful of military trainers back into Pakistan signaling the hope of the two nations achieving some low-level cooperation against militants despite a string of confrontations that have left Washington's relations with Islamabad in a crisis, reports The News.
According to the report, a U.S. official said fewer than 10 U.S. special operations soldiers have been sent to a training site near the border city of Peshawar, where they will instruct trainers from Pakistan's Frontier Corps in counter-insurgency warfare.
The number of U.S. military instructors in Pakistan dropped to zero after a U.S. air raid killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last November.
"I wouldn't call this a watershed moment (but) it's not insignificant that this is happening. At a strategic level, the relationship is still at a very rough place," the official had said.
"There's a lot more we want to do to improve it, but (the trainers' return) is an important sign that at least in some areas we're getting a healthy sense of normalcy," he added. (ANI)
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