Early US pullout from Afghanistan could be a problem for Pakistan

Intelligence officials say Taliban will feel emboldened by Washington's announcement

ISLAMABAD - The United States' strategy in Afghanistan has come in for flak from the intelligence establishment in Pakistan, with officials complaining that Washington's announcement of the date of its pullout from the war-torn nation as being too soon.

If the US did not take more effort to train Afghan security forces, the hasty troops withdrawal plan would be disastrous for Pakistan, they added.