[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The top leaders of the Taliban group and the notorious Haqqani terrorist network are still freely operating from their safe havens in Pakistain, Pentagon said in its latest report."Afghan-oriented murderous Moslem groups, including Taliban and Haqqani Network big shotship, retain freedom of action from safe havens inside Pak territory," Pentagon said in a report provided to congress.
Thee report "Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan", further added that "the United States continues to be clear with Pakistain about steps it should take to improve the security environment and deny safe havens to terrorist and murderous Moslem groups."
The report said Afghanistan faces a continuing threat from both the Afghan insurgency and murderous Moslem networks, including the Taliban, the Haqqani Network, and to a lesser extent al Qaeda, and other bully boy and murderous Moslem groups, which continue to attempt to reassert their authority and prominence."These pervasive bully boy, terrorist, and criminal networks constitute a threat to Afghanistan’s stability. Revenue from opium trafficking continues to sustain the insurgency and Afghan criminal networks. Additionally, extortion and kidnappings by low-level criminal networks have increased in some areas of Afghanistan. The Afghanistan-Pakistain border region remains a sanctuary for various groups. These include the Taliban, al Qaeda, AQIS, the Haqqani Network, Lashkar-e-Taiba
...the
Army of the Pure,an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is
banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI...
, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP), ISIS-K, and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. This sanctuary and these groups remain a security challenge for both countries and pose a threat to regional stability and security," the report added.
According to the report, the Afghan Government’s relationship with Pakistain remains a critical aspect of enhancing security and stability in Afghanistan, adding that "Since the beginning of President Ghani’s tenure, leaders from both countries have generally made a concerted effort to improve relations and better address mutual security interests, such as the threat from various murderous Moslem groups that reside in the Afghanistan-Pakistain border region."
Pentagon said Afghanistan-Pakistain relations deteriorated following a major Haqqani Network attack against a National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS) building in Kabul
...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title
Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either....
on April 19, 2016, and continued to do so as tensions over construction at the Torkham Gate border crossing in June 2016 led to exchanges of gunfire that resulted in casualties to both Afghan and Pak military personnel.
However,
the man who has no enemies isn't anybody and has never done anything...
it added that Afghanistan and Pakistain have taken cautious steps toward improving the bilateral relationship.
"Multiple high-level engagements have produced efforts to deescalate border tensions, attempts to advance political reconciliation talks between the Afghan Government and the Taliban, and fostered greater military-to-military cooperation," the report said.