Obama: Pakistan fight against extremism not quick enough
November 7, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
MUMBAI: U.S. President Barack Obama said Pakistan’s fight against extremism within its borders was “not as quick as we’d like.”
Obama also said India and rival Pakistan needed to begin dialogue on less controversial issues.
The United States sees Pakistan as key to stabilizing Afghanistan, but managing the complex U.S. relationship with Islamabad is one of Washington’s most difficult foreign policy challenges.
He said Pakistan has to help in the development of Afghanistan.
“India’s investment in development in Afghanistan is appreciated. Pakistan has to be a partner in this process,” he told students in Mumbai. AGENCIES
Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan and US Lost Track of bin Laden
Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan and US Lost Track of bin Laden :-
WASHINGTON , US: Former president General Pervez Musharraf has said that the US and Pakistan both lost track of al Qaida chief Osama bin Laden five years ago.
Musharraf, who is on a lecture tour of the US currently, told students and delegates at a college in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, that both Pakistani and US intelligence have failed to collect any details regarding Laden’s whereabouts, and now they are even unable to ascertain whether he was dead or alive.
Musharraf also said there is a need of a multifaceted strategy to deal with the Taliban effectively.
He said that while the al Qaeda should be eliminated from Pakistan by force, dealing with the Taliban would require a military, political and socio-economic approach.
The former general underlined the fact that the Taliban was a widespread organization with no central command.
“The Taliban is not a monolith, but rather a spread out organization with no single commander who could be removed for the command structure to be destroyed,” he said.
Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan and US Lost Track of bin Laden was first posted on October 4, 2009 at 10:03 pm.
