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Trump administration criticize Pakistan for selective fight against terror groups
 [Khaama (Afghanistan)] The US President Donald Trump...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... ’s administration has once again criticized Pakistain for the selective fight against the terror groups, warning that President Trump will not tolerate support to Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... or related groups. In an interview with the conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, President Trump’s national security adviser, Gen. Herbert McMaster said White House wants to see a "change in behavior" from interested groups in the region, particularly Pakistain. The top aide said that while Pakistain has taken "great losses" fighting the Taliban, they have done so "selectively." "This is Pakistain in particular that we want to really see a change in‐ and a reduction of their support‐ for‐ these groups," he said. "I mean, this is‐ of course, you know, a very paradoxical situation, right, where Pakistain is taking great losses." "They have fought very hard against these groups," McMaster argued, "but they’ve done so really only selectively." He said that Trump is making clear that the U.S. will no longer tolerate any support for the Taliban or related groups. "The president has also made clear that he, that we need to see a change in behavior of those in the region, which includes those who are providing safe haven and support bases for the Taliban," McMaster added. This comes as the United States Department of States released its latest reports regarding terrorism for 2016 last week, providing an overall report regarding the terrorism related upheavals during the year. The new report by the State Department further strengthens the claims made by the Afghan officials regarding the presence of the safe havens of the Taliban and Haqqani terrorist network inside the Pak territory. "Afghanistan, in particular, continued to experience aggressive and coordinated attacks by the Afghan Taliban, including the affiliated Haqqani Network (HQN) and other myrmidon and terrorist groups," the report stated. The Department of State also added that a number of these attacks were planned and launched from safe havens in Pakistain. Posted by: Fred 2017-08-07 |
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