Go after Haqqanis, Hillary tells Pak
PTI | Oct 28, 2011, 05.27AM IST
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WASHINGTON: The US has asked Pakistan to squeeze the dangerous Haqqani network, secretary of state Hillary Clinton said on Thursday as she underlined it has been made clear to Islamabad that trying to distinguish between "good and bad terrorists" is self-defeating and dangerous.
"Our commanders on the ground are concerned about the ability of insurgents to conduct attacks from safe havens in Pakistan," Clinton told members of the powerful house of representatives' committee on foreign affairs during a Congressional hearing on Pakistan andAfghanistan . Testifying before Congress after a trip to the region, Clinton said she delivered a "frank" message to Pakistan that it was urgent to act against the extremist Haqqani network, blamed for anti-US attacks in Afghanistan.
"So in Islamabad last week, general Dempsey, director Petraeus and I delivered a single, unified message. We urged Pakistan's civilian and military leadership to join us in squeezing the Haqqani Network from both sides of the border and in closing the safe havens," she said.
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WASHINGTON: The US has asked Pakistan to squeeze the dangerous Haqqani network, secretary of state Hillary Clinton said on Thursday as she underlined it has been made clear to Islamabad that trying to distinguish between "good and bad terrorists" is self-defeating and dangerous.
"Our commanders on the ground are concerned about the ability of insurgents to conduct attacks from safe havens in Pakistan," Clinton told members of the powerful house of representatives' committee on foreign affairs during a Congressional hearing on Pakistan andAfghanistan . Testifying before Congress after a trip to the region, Clinton said she delivered a "frank" message to Pakistan that it was urgent to act against the extremist Haqqani network, blamed for anti-US attacks in Afghanistan.
"So in Islamabad last week, general Dempsey, director Petraeus and I delivered a single, unified message. We urged Pakistan's civilian and military leadership to join us in squeezing the Haqqani Network from both sides of the border and in closing the safe havens," she said.
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