Pakistan has renewed calls for the United States to provide it with additional helicopters, night-vision equipment, body armour and light- to medium-sized weapons to enable its lorces to widen the country's campaign against Taliban militants in areas along the Afghan border, a government minister told Jane's on 22 January.rnThe renewed request was passed on to US officials and coincided with a visit by US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who arrived in Islamabad on 21 January for two days of meetings with Pakistan's civil and military leaders.
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