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| Pakistan could lose territory to terrorists: US |
| 2017-12-16 |
| [DAWN] Shifting between soft persuasions and tough advice, the United States is now saying that Pakistain could lose control of its territory if it does not sever ties with the Haqqanis and other terrorists. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ‐ who issued the advice at a Washington think-tank earlier this week ‐ also said the murderous Moslems who were focusing on Kabul might one day decide that Islamabad was a better target. The warning followed a Pentagon statement, which said the new US strategy for Afghanistan had "fundamentally changed the battlefield in favour of Afghan national security forces" and the Talibs were now on the retreat. And this change happened because the new strategy made it clear that US forces would stay in Afghanistan for as long as it took to stabilise the country and also because it gave American troops more power to confront the enemy, the Pentagon added. The two statements follow the Trump administration’s repeated calls to Pakistain to do more to destroy the alleged safe havens that Afghan murderous Moslems still retain in parts of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), a charge Islamabad strongly denies. "Pakistain has allowed so many terrorist organizations to find safe haven within its territories, and these organizations are growing in size and influence, that at some point I have said to the leadership of Pakistain, you may be the target, and they turn their attention from Kabul and decide they like Islamabad as a target better," Secretary Tillerson said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 The TTP were running amok in Punjab for a while before the army regained control. But who now remembers the melted terror of yesteryear? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-12-16 12:07 |