The United States (U.S.) the other day said that Pakistan has gone after militant groups ‘selectively’ and urged Islamabad to eliminate all groups, even those that might not threaten Pakistan itself but threaten its neighbours.
“Pakistan has taken and is taking steps to counter terrorist violence, and certainly focusing on those groups that threaten its stability. They’ve restored government control to parts of Pakistan that were used as terrorist safe havens for years,” said US State Department Spokesman Mark Toner during a media briefing.
He said that these steps have contributed to security interests in the region and they’ve come at a cost of Pakistani lives lost.
“But at the same time, they must target all militant groups including those that target Pakistan’s neighbours, and they must also close all safe havens,” said the spokesman.
“They’re going after groups, but selectively,” he continued further, adding that we need to see them go after even those groups that might not threaten Pakistan itself but threaten its neighbours.
Speaking with regard to proposed joint efforts against terrorism in the region, the spokesman said that the U.S. encourages a regional dialogue between Pakistan and India regarding counterterrorism efforts.
“We advocate for closer cooperation between India and Pakistan to deal with terrorist threats in both their countries,” Toner said.
“Terrorism is obviously a reality in both countries, and in order to effectively confront it, they need to work together,” he added.
Asked about a quadrilateral counterterrorism alliance formed by China in association with Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan, he said: “We don’t view it as counterproductive that China pursues closer ties – certainly in the security and counterterrorism fields with Central Asian countries.”
Acknowledging that there are a lot of problems to be addressed, the spokesperson said that we certainly don’t view any effort to more closely coordinate among those countries all of whom are affected by terrorism in the region.
“We, in fact, view it as a positive,” he added.
Real face of Pakistan.
Already Pakistan has got the tag of "BEGGAR STATE". The day is not far off it will get the tag of a "TERRORIST STATE" in the near future,if it will pursue the current policy.
Pakistan will not change it's policy(supporting terrorist groups which attack India,US & West) even after 100 years. No used banging your head against a concrete pillar.
have you ever thought of not becoming the master of your neighbors and first take care of the corruption and killing of your citizens by your government. India tops the world's list in murders and rape. raping of low caste is the norm of the day there. and there is a thing called strategy not everyone is fool to pick a fight with everyone. and Pakistan has not sponsored any terrorists anywhere, there is no proof of it. and now don't tell me about kasab that he had Pakistani food products and stupid things like that. this proves nothing and what happened to the train burned by hindu terrorists the RSS and the gujrat riots where they killed so many muslims. I will say don't try to be the Israel of the south Asia.
where was osama bin laden found, not in pakistan?, pakistan is a terrorist state and exporter of terror to the world
Paki Government officials needs their "Denture" replacement. It hurts Amerikees.
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