US President Barack Obama’s plans to boost troop numbers in Afghanistan need to ensure there is ‘no adverse fallout’ on Pakistan, the country’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday, according to Dawn.com.

‘Pakistan looks forward to engaging closely with (the) US in understanding the full import of the new strategy and to ensure that there would be no adverse fallout on Pakistan,’ the ministry said in a statement.

Pakistani officials fear a dramatic increase in US troops in Afghanistan will push militants and refugees across its borders and complicate its own battle against the Taliban.

Meanwhile, Al Jazeera reports that Pakistan fears a US troop surge in Afghanistan would force fighters to flee to its border areas, particularly in the southwestern Baluchistan province where the government is already struggling to end a low-level insurgency by tribal fighters.

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