Pakistan ordered U.S. Special Forces trainers to leave

WASHINGTON: Pakistan has ordered the departure of up to 20 percent of the roughly 150 U.S. Special Operations forces trainers in the wake of a series of clashes between the two governments, a U.S. military official said.

Between 25 and 30 trainers were “told to leave” in the weeks before the U.S. commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden this month, apparently in response to an earlier incident involving a CIA employee who shot and killed two Pakistanis in Lahore, the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive relationship.

According the U.S. newspaper report nearly 150 trainers of U.S Special Forces were in Pakistan imparting training to the Frontier Corp troops. Out of that 25 to 30 have been ordered to leave Pakistan.

The report further quoted a Pakistani official telling that the order to the U.S experts leaving the country has not been given out of any grudge instead the reduction in their number has become imperative, as Pakistan now has trained instructors more than its requirements.