...Adviser to Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on National Security and Foreign Affairs, who believes in
goodjihadis and
badjihadis as a matter of national policy...
, on Tuesday rejected claims by the U.S National Security Advisor Susan Rice that his country had failed to act against Haqqani Network.
Speaking after a meeting with German Foreign Affairs Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Aziz said Pakistain has ousted the murderous Moslem group but added that Haqqani had simply moved across into Afghanistan -- where they are now based.
"The infrastructure of the Haqqani Network in north
Wazoo, which included IED (improvised bomb) factories and a number of other facilities including communication [centers] has been destroyed, so what is left here may be very limited compared to the capacity they have in Afghanistan."This comes after Rice called on Pakistain Monday, during a visit to Islamabad, to stop terrorist networks from carrying out attacks on Afghanistan from within its borders.
Meanwhile,
...back at the buffalo wallow, Yellow Wolf clutched at his chest and fell from his horse...
the German Foreign Minister on his visit Tuesday to Islamabad asked Afghanistan and Pakistain to set aside their differences and put an end to past conflicts.
"We stand a chance to leave the strains of the past behind us, and if we can take President (Ashraf) Ghani's word, after talks that I had in the last few days, he too is convinced that only the overcoming of bilateral difficulties can bring success to the struggle against terrorism and the continuation of successful talks with certain groups," said Steinmeier.
It has long been suspected that the main stronghold of the Taliban and the Haqqani Network is in Pakistain but Pak politicians continue to deny this.
"Today, the region and the world have realized the truth of Afghanistan and always ask Pakistain to deal with terrorist groups who are active in Pakistain," said Syed Zafar Hashemi, President Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..
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However,
a clean conscience makes a soft pillow...
the Chairman of the Legislative Committee of Parliament, Qazi Nazir Ahmad Hanafi said that in saying Haqqani's infrastructure has been destroyed in Pakistain, the government is now admitting to them having been there.
"From one side the continuation of the daily war against Afghanistan and from the other side the eviction of Haqqani Network from Pakistain, it means they [Haqqani Network] did exist in Pakistain, and we [Pakistain] funded them and equipped them and now we evicted them. This is a confession that Sartaj Aziz admitted," said Chairman of Legislative Committee of Parliament, Qazi Nazir Ahmad Hanafi.
This comes after Washington recently cut its $1 billion USD aid program to Islamabad on the back of their decision that Pakistain was not doing enough towards counter-terrorism operations in north Waziristan in order to squash Haqqani.