Sharply criticising Pakistan for failing to rein in terrorist and militant groups on its side of the border with Afghanistan, NATO has also asked Pakistan to ‘do more’. “Pakistan has done a lot against terrorists and insurgents and paid a considerable price in blood over the last years. There is no question that it is not enough,” Voice of America quoted Brigadier General Carsten Jacobsen, spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), as saying. Jacobsen said that Pakistan needs to align itself with the NATO’s mission by denying militants the ability to regroup on its territory. “Whether it is Haqqani, or whether it is the Taliban that are looking for safe haven and training facilities in Pakistan, they have to be fought,” he said. Top officers of the NATO-led force in Afghanistan say Pakistan needs to do more to rein in militants who are based on its territory but operate in Afghanistan, he said.
