The FO Spokesman Nafees Zakaria strongly rejected claims regarding allegations of terrorist safe havens in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas while responding to media queries, adding that Pakistain has lost thousands of its citizens and suffered economic losses of over $100 billion due to terrorism.
The United States (US) endorsed 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....
’s claim that the existence of safe havens in Fata allowed Lions of Islam to carry out attacks inside Afghanistan whenever they want following twin suicide kaboom
s near the Afghan parliament earlier this week.The blasts killed scores of people. A separate blast in Kandahar maimed the UAE Ambassador Juma Mohammed Abdullah Al Kaabi and some other diplomats.
Soon after the blasts, a government front man in Kabul said the Lions of Islam were able to strike targets inside Afghanistan whenever they wanted because Pakistain had allowed them to maintain safe havens in Fata, a charge Islamabad rejects as baseless.
US State Department Spokesman Mark Toner had said that Pakistain had made "some progress" and had taken "some steps to address these safe havens, but clearly the problem persists".