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Pak still considers India the 'real enemy': Clinton | US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that while Pakistan has initiated an all out war against the
Taliban and other extremist organisations in Swat and South Waziristan, it still considers India the 'real enemy'. Addressing the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee
here, Clinton stressed that the offensive in Swat and South Waziristan, which
is considered as Taliban's stronghold, was not enough to achieve the prime motive
of dismantling Al-Qaeda's network. "We are making the argument before our Pakistani
civil and military counterparts that success in Swat and Waziristan is not enough
to achieve the objective of completely destroying al-Qaeda. But the argument will
take some time as Pakistan is a sovereign country, which believes that India is
their real enemy," Clinton said in response to query that whether Islamabad believed
that al-Qaeda was useful in stopping the Indian influence in Afghanistan. During
her testimony, the top US official highlighted that there was great 'mistrust'
between the United States and Pakistan, as 'Pakistanis believed that the Americans
betrayed and abandoned them in Eighties after Washington walked away when Russians
withdrew from the region.' Addressing the Committee, US Secretary of Defence Robert
Gates pointed out that situation in Afghanistan was more dangerous than it was
18 months ago,because 'now Pakistani Taliban were deeply involved with Al-Qaeda
and posing a clear threat to the Pakistani government.' Gates expressed concerns
about Al-Qaeda supporting Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and providing assistance to attack
Indian in order to destabilise the region. "All the terrorists who have been arrested
from different parts of the world lead us to the border area of Pakistan and Afghanistan,"
The News quoted Gates, as saying. |
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