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Pakistan must do more to address the “sanctuary†that Taliban fighters enjoy in Pakistan before security can improve in Afghanistan, the head of US spy operations said on Thursday.
National Intelligence Director John Negroponte said in testimony before the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee that “we all agree that the question of a sanctuary for the Taliban in Pakistan is problematic.â€
“There’s a recognition that unless and until something is done to more definitively address that question, it’s always going to be more of a challenge to address the security problems that arise in Afghanistan,†Negroponte said. “This is a problem that we’re actively working.â€
US officials discuss the problem with Pakistan with “great, great regularity and more work needs to be done on that,†Negroponte told lawmakers. He added that Pakistan “over the past several years, they have put a lot of Al Qaeda and foreign fighters out of commission during that period of time. So I have no doubt whatsoever about their commitment to the war.â€
Pakistan’s peace deals with pro-Taliban militants and tribal elders in the Waziristan region bordering Afghanistan were in jeopardy on Wednesday, a day after an army air strike on suspected Taliban and al Qaeda fighters.
The timing of the attack, coinciding with a visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates to Afghanistan, raised speculation that Pakistan was seeking to deflect U.S. criticism it was not doing enough to curb Taliban operating from its territory.
The strike — by rocket-firing helicopters on a cluster of compounds that intelligence officials said housed men loyal to pro-Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud and half a dozen al Qaeda fighters — risked stirring up a hornets nest in Waziristan.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackSuper power like Amrika has not been able to completely seal its US-Mexxico border, how do you expect Pakistan to completely seal 2,500 miles long border with Afganistan. It is one of most difficult terran in the world. Negroponte clearly knows that responsibilities lies on both sides. If the Tali-bans are freely crossing over to Afganistan, why Afgan forces – if it exist or ISF is not able stop them. It seem that either they are incapable to stop them or keeping a blind eye. Now, what is Taliban? It is not written in their forehead that “I am Taliban”. You cannot tell the difference between local tribesman or Taliban. They all carry guns and heavy ammu and ready to fight the outsiders, even Pakistani forces. PakIstan has carried a burdon of 6 million Afgan refugees. Pakistanis never called them refugees. The are considered as our guest. But how long? no more. Pakistanis are fed up and they are paying the price of uninvited guest. All these years, no one came to Pakistan for help. UN provided help like peanuts. It is also possible that many Afgan insurgents taking shelter in these campes and they crosses over to Afgan border.
[…] There were more than 500 articles on Google news about the captured Taliban spokesman who claimed that, Mullah Omar is protected by ISI and he is living in Quetta. Pakistani Interior Minister denied the claim.In other news, United States’ National Intelligence Director John Negroponte said in testimony before the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee that “we all agree that the question of a sanctuary for the Taliban in Pakistan is problematic.” […]
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