Sources indicate the US has pledged to underwrite financial contributions on Pakistan’s behalf, insisting what is required from Islamabad is a troop commitment to the ISF....
'The way Left Front chairperson Biman Bose, Salimbhai (CPM state secretary Md Salim) and (ISF chief) Nawsad Siddique are behaving, I don't think there will be an alliance with them ... I met CPM netas and spoke to ISF.