Wednesday, September 10, 2008

"No country has done more than Pakistan in fighting terrorism"

The quote would be pretty damn funny if it didn't have pretty deadly consequence (i.e. resurgent taliban killing NATO soldiers in Afghanistan). Dawn


BERLIN, Sept 9: Pakistan strongly rejected western accusations that it is not doing enough to root out Taliban extremists within its borders, a high-ranking official said at a security conference here on Tuesday.

“Pakistan feels wronged when confronted by the clamour to do more, and fails to see any reasons for the trust deficit from which our friends and allies seem to be suffering in their perception about Pakistan,” according to remarks prepared for delivery by Defence Secretary Kamran Rasool and read by Islamabad’s ambassador to Berlin, Shahid Ahmad Kamal.

“No country has done more than Pakistan in fighting terrorism and no country has suffered or taken as many losses as Pakistan in this struggle.”
I think no country has done more than Pakistan in helping the taliban. The ISI has helped train and given information to taliban terrorist scum. The ISI also helps the taliban carry out suicide bombings and kidnappings. Some of the $11 billion in aid the US gives Pakistan is given to the taliban by the Pakistani army....
Nato deputy secretary-general Claudio Bisogniero called for Islamabad to step up its fight against militants mounting attacks in Afghanistan, at the conference organised by German newspaper Handelsblatt.

“Pakistan has stepped up its support to the Isaf mission and this is very much appreciated by us, but we still feel that it can and should do more,” he said, referring to the Nato-led occupation force in Afghanistan.

“For as long as the border regions of Pakistan remain a hiding place for the Taliban, the security and the stability in Afghanistan, but also the security and stability in Pakistan, will remain precarious.” Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta expressed approval on Monday during a visit to Berlin of suspected US missile strikes against alleged extremist targets in Pakistan.

1 comment:

Dinah Lord said...

Pakistan (or 'Pocky-stahn' according to the chosen one) is THE safe haven for terror, not Afghanistan.

I am encouraged by the steady increase of predator attacks over the last month...but then again I am a hopeless optimist.

Hi kyros!