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Hard to believe nobody in Pak Govt knew Al Qaeda's hiding places: Clinton | US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that the safe haven that Al Qaeda had found in Pakistan was "very troubling", and added that it was hard to believe that nobody in the Pakistani Government knew the hiding places of Al Qaeda. "These terrorists
are still actively engaged with the elements of the Pakistani Taliban that are
threatening the state of Pakistan ," Hillary told the German weekly magazine SPIEGEL
in an interview. "And it was only recently that Pakistan , through its civilian
leadership and its military leadership, actually made the decision that this was
a threat to them ... my point really was to say: it is a very high priority for
my government to capture or kill the Al Qaeda leadership. And we need more help
from you in order to be able to achieve that." Asked if leading members of the
Pakistani secret service were still supporting extremists, Hillary said she did
not believe it was happening "at the highest levels". "But we have tens of thousands
of people in our government in sensitive positions... I would like to see a real
effort made on the part of the top leadership to make sure that no one down the
ranks is giving any kind of support to the Qaeda leadership," the Daily Times
quoted Hillary, as saying. She believes Pakistan 's nuclear weapons are safe,
as the government and the military have taken adequate steps to protect the arsenal.
"The nuclear arsenal that Pakistan has, I believe, is secure. I think the government
and the military have taken adequate steps to protect that," Hillary said. About
a proposed troop increase in Afghanistan , the top US diplomat said President
Barack Obama had not made a final decision yet. "I think it is fair to say that
in the course of our examination, our goal is to defeat Al Qaeda and its extremist
allies." |
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