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Taliban entered Pakistan as migrants on condition they would disavow militancy: Aizaz Chaudhry
[DAWN] The newly-appointed ambassador to the United States, Aizaz Chaudhry, on Thursday said that the Taliban had entered Pakistain as Chaudhry, whose career as a foreign service officer spans over 36 years of multilateral and bilateral experience, was speaking at a seminar at the Air University Islamabad on matters of national security. "We will not tolerate that the Taliban operate from here to carry out terror attacks across the border. The unrest in Afghanistan will not be allowed to infiltrate into Pakistain," Chaudhry said, when asked for a comment on the supposed distinction between "the good and the bad" Taliban. What you subsidize, you get more of. The newly-appointed ambassador to the US said that the state wants Afghanistan and Taliban to enter dialogue. "Billions of dollars have been spent on establishing peace in Afghanistan, but to no avail," Chaudhry added, saying that terrorism from Afghanistan is now spreading into Pakistain where elements are trying to destabilise the country and sabotage major events like the Pakistain Super League. "We will not be pressurised by this so-called 'Do more' ideology being pushed on us. We're working on full capacity to counter terrorism and we will continue with our efforts in full force," he added. Chaudhry also said that Pakistain is under threat from the hard boy Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (IS) group, which may head to the country as the Syrian conflict nears an end. Posted by: Fred 2017-02-17 |
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