Pakistan

US puts Pakistan "on a clock" for N Waziristan

The US has put Pakistan “on a clock” and Islamabad has only weeks to show real progress in a crackdown against taliban.

Express May 28, 2010

The US has put Pakistan “on a clock” and Islamabad has only weeks to show real progress in a crackdown against the Pakistani Taliban, a report by AP claimed.

Quoting official sources, AP claims White House National Security Adviser James Jones and CIA Director Leon Panetta delivered the deadline during their visit to Islamabad last week.

The US also provided evidence to Pakistani officials. The evidence showed that two TTP members escorted Times Square botched attack suspect Faisal Shahzad to a training base in Waziristan, where he received some instruction in how to build explosives.

COMMENTS (5)

Farukh Sarwar | 14 years ago | Reply If Faisal Shehzad had links in the N. Waziristan area then the government must initiate an operation; this will ensure the government’s commitment in curbing militancy in our tribal areas.

Yasir Qadeer | 14 years ago | Reply The choice of the timing and the intensity of the operation in North Waziristan should be left to Pakistan Army. They have hands on experience of dealing with the militants now and will be able to devise a better strategy.

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ali hamdani | 14 years ago | Reply While we crackdown these Taliban, we must also make an effort to rehabilitate them so that we can use these rehabilitated men for future peace purposes. The nation supports the army and they will be successful in the N. Wazirstan as well inshalla.

Muhammad Bilal Iftikhar Khan | 14 years ago | Reply enough is enough. US is giving us warning. what a loser After sacrifiseing thousands of our soldiers and civillians and in reality securing Bajor, Swat, SWA etc it thinks we are doing not enough. do we have national honor 80% of NATO supply passes through Pakistan. we are doing more then ISAF and US combined and now when US is failing in Afghanistan it is trying pakistan as an escape goat. Its time our leadership wakes up and tell US to lay off. Example of Iran is in front of us, those who resist US arogance survive with honor and those who lick American feets live a honorless life

Shabah | 14 years ago | Reply Cool! What are we waiting for. Go get those traitors, agents whatever. June is arriving. We need Dollars.

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