Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif briefs the media at the end of a three-day conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sep. 7, 2017. Asif says the war on terror “cannot be won by excluding or confronting” Islamabad.
VOA: Pakistan Says US Can’t Win War on Terror Without It
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has vowed to stay engaged with the United States to help fight terrorism in neighboring Afghanistan, but said the war “cannot be won by excluding or confronting” Islamabad.
Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif made the remark Thursday at the end of a three-day conference of Pakistani ambassadors to key world capitals for formulating a comprehensive response to the new U.S. policy on Afghanistan.
U.S. President Donald Trump criticized Pakistan when he announced his long-awaited Afghan war policy last month. He accused Islamabad of harboring terrorists linked to the Taliban and Haqqani network, which are undermining U.S.-led efforts to stabilize Afghanistan and staging attacks on American forces.
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WNU Editor: Pakistan has been helpful .... especially after 9/11 .... but I cannot say that they have been helpful in the past few years. But to win the war against Islamic inspired terrorism is going to take a long time, and it will need to involve every country that has a large Muslim population. This includes countries like Saudi Arabia who promote Wahhabism, Iran and its support of groups like Hezbollah, and to countries like Pakistan that have a history of harboring many of these terror groups and their leaders. So yes .... Pakistan will be necessary .... as well as most Muslim dominated countries.
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They are not necessary.
They created the problem.
They fought side by side with the Taliban and Al Qaeda at Kunduz.
They continued to embed people with the Taliban.
They hid Osama bin Laden.
With great reluctance due to great prodding (it took years), they tried (?) to clear the Swat valley of Taliban. Has there been any action since then?
They interrupted the American supply line into Afghanistan.
This last one is important. We cannot call a spade a spade, when it comes to Afghanistan because of the supply line issue. So IMHO we need to leave Afghanistan and let all involved reap the whirlwind.
Trying to defeat Islamists by relying on Pakistan or the Saudis is like trying to defeat communism by collaborating with the communist party
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