The West must continue to co-operate closely with Pakistan, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in an interview with a British newspaper on Monday. “I don’t think there are many alternatives” to working with the Pakistani military and government leadership to convince them to clamp down on the Haqqani operation.
“Whatever might be the links between the Haqqani network and authorities in Pakistan, the bottom line remains the same,” Rasmussen said. “Pakistan must deal with it and make sure terrorists don’t have safe havens in Pakistan, and we need a close partnership and a positive partnership with Pakistan.”
