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| Fata operation forced Haqqanis to flee: US |
| 2016-02-27 |
[DAWN] The ongoing military operation in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) forced the Haqqani network to relocate, said US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... while defending the B.O. regime’s decision to sell eight F-16 aircraft to Pakistain. The network’s presence in Fata was used as the main argument against the proposed sale during a congressional hearing on Tuesday. "They continue to support the Taliban, the Haqqani network and to give safe haven to Al Qaeda," said Senator Bob Corker while opposing the proposed sale. "They drove the Haqqani network into new locations. And it’s an ongoing process," said Secretary Kerry while rejecting the senator’s argument. But he acknowledged that some "entities" were still there, "complicat(ing) our efforts very significantly." Mr Kerry appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday to defend the administration’s budget for 2017, which provides $50.1 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of State and the US Agency for International Aid. "We are helping Afghanistan and Pakistain to counter violent extremism," Secretary Kerry told the politicians while explaining why the administration was seeking $742 million for Pakistain as well. The hearing turned into a mini-debate on America’s ‘complicated’ relations with Pakistain. |
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