Red tape complicates SF mission in Pakistan - Army News, news from Iraq, - Army Times: "An ongoing Pakistani effort to delay the issuance of visas to U.S. diplomatic and military personnel is impeding the U.S. special operations mission to train Pakistan’s Frontier Corps, according to several U.S. sources.
The difficulty obtaining visas led to some special ops troops having their deployments to Pakistan extended and others being sent back to the country early simply because their visas were still valid, U.S. sources said. For the Special Forces troops at the heart of the mission, the visa issue has become critical. “It’s huge,” said a special operations source. “It’s everything. They can’t do their mission without the visa.”"
