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US will act if Pakistan does not destroy safe havens: CIA
 [DAWN] CIA Director Mike Pompeo has warned Pakistain that if it does not eliminate the alleged safe havens inside its territory, the United States will do "everything we can" to destroy them.As Defence Secretary Jim Mattis arrives in Islamabad on Monday to persuade Pakistain to support the new US strategy for Afghanistan, the Trump administration is sending mixed signals to its estranged ally. The new strategy seeks Pakistain’s support to defeat the Taliban ...Arabic for students... in the battlefield as Washington believes that only a defeat will force them to reconcile with the Afghan government. Talking to journalists aboard his plane on Sunday, Secretary Mattis said he did not plan to "prod" Pakistain into action because he expected Islamabad to adhere to its promises to combat terrorism. Posted by: Fred 2017-12-05 |
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