US & Pakistan Dispute and Tensions over Haqqani group

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Gen. Asif said action against Haqqani group would be taken if it interferes in Pakistan affairs.



Army commander said Pakistan military has no plans to launch a new offensive in a tribal region.



The statement by Lt Gen Asif Yasin Malik contradicted rampant media speculation that an operation in North Waziristan was in the works after years of requests for it from the United States.



Malik’s dismissal came as police said a cross-border insurgent attack elsewhere in the northwest killed five security troops on Wednesday.
The general oversees military operations in the tribal areas and other parts of the northwest bordering Afghanistan. He spoke to reporters on a military-hosted trip to Orakzai, one of the tribal regions where the army has attacked Taliban and other extremists.



His reasoning for holding off on an offensive in North Waziristan was the same advanced by other army officials in recent years that Pakistani troops are too stretched going after insurgents elsewhere. Unlike the major militant groups in North Waziristan, the insurgent groups Pakistan has targeted tend to stage most of their attacks inside Pakistan.



"There is no change in North Waziristan in past months and weeks," Malik said. "We will undertake an operation when we want to, when it s in the national interest."



Local media reports have recently suggested that Pakistan may have been persuaded to carry out a limited operation in North Waziristan soon as a means of rebuilding ties with the United States, which have been badly damaged by the May 2 American raid that killed Osama Bin Laden.



Pakistani leaders insist they had no idea the al-Qaida chief was hiding Abbottabad. But they have called the unilateral US incursion a violation of their sovereignty.

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Gen. Asif said action against Haqqani group would be taken if it interferes in Pakistan affairs.

Did expect better. Why does Gan. Asif need reasoning to go after a terrorist network. High time PA get their act together.

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Gen. Asif said action against Haqqani group would be taken if it interferes in Pakistan affairs.

Did expect better. Why does Gan. Asif need reasoning to go after a terrorist network. High time PA get their act together.

nope we dont want more suicide bombers, n usa is trying to talk to taliban and thinking of getting out of there fast

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Haqqani group behind Kabul attack: US ambassador
AP (1 hour ago) Today
KABUL: The US ambassador to Afghanistan says the Pakistani-based Haqqani network is behind the coordinated attack against the American Embassy and Nato headquarters in the heart of Kabul.

Ambassador Ryan Crocker says the attack, which ended on Wednesday morning after a 20-hour gunbattle, will not affect the transfer of security responsibilities from the US-led military coalition to the Afghan security forces.

The Haqqani network is affiliated with both the Taliban and al-Qaeda.

Crocker says it’s in the long-term interest of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the international community to bring the group under control, as well as other militants who retain safe havens across the border in Pakistan.

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Haqqani group behind Kabul attack: US ambassador
AP (1 hour ago) Today
KABUL: The US ambassador to Afghanistan says the Pakistani-based Haqqani network is behind the coordinated attack against the American Embassy and Nato headquarters in the heart of Kabul.

Ambassador Ryan Crocker says the attack, which ended on Wednesday morning after a 20-hour gunbattle, will not affect the transfer of security responsibilities from the US-led military coalition to the Afghan security forces.

The Haqqani network is affiliated with both the Taliban and al-Qaeda.

Crocker says it’s in the long-term interest of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the international community to bring the group under control, as well as other militants who retain safe havens across the border in Pakistan.

You SOB Cocker... militants are coming from AGHWANISTAN killing our Army and civilions in Chitral in Bajur and in Other parts.Our kids are hostages there in AGHWANISTAN.And look wat this M>F is saying.ACROSS THE BORDER. Basterd.

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Are we supposed to be surprised? Who else could have been responsible? RAW, MOSSAD, KGB, LeT, TTP, JeM, Chechen rebels, Dawood Abrahim.....Or the Quetta Shaura? Oh well, nuff said!

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^ I think you forgot ISI.

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Btw, well done to who ever did this. I was hoping for at least 200 US troops dead, but it's better than nothing. At least it shows us where the war is going.

[DarK-LorD]

Btw, well done to who ever did this. I was hoping for at least 200 US troops dead, but it's better than nothing. At least it shows us where the war is going.

Yes,this incident is evident that War is going in the good direction.That is the end of Taliban is very near.

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Btw, well done to who ever did this. I was hoping for at least 200 US troops dead, but it's better than nothing. At least it shows us where the war is going.

terror mind.. wishing soldiers mind... sick

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If saying that makes you feel better. Why not.

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If saying that makes you feel better. Why not.

simple brain washed example---->

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Btw, well done to who ever did this. I was hoping for at least 200 US troops dead, but it's better than nothing. At least it shows us where the war is going.

wishing ill to someone usually backfires ,,,,,,oh , i feel sorry for Canada

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Islamabad fends off US warning on 'Pakistan-based' militants
By Reuters
Published: September 15, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO: Pakistani officials on Thursday fended off a warning that the United States would do whatever it takes to defend US forces from Pakistan-based militants staging attacks in Afghanistan, saying there was no proof of such cross-border operations.
US officials, including Defence Secretary Leon Panetta, suspect militants from the Haqqani network were behind Tuesday’s rocket attack on the US Embassy compound in Kabul, as well as a truck bomb last Saturday that wounded 77 American forces.
“Time and again we’ve urged the Pakistanis to exercise their influence over these kinds of attacks from the Haqqanis. And we have made very little progress in that area,” Panetta told reporters flying with him to San Francisco on Wednesday.
“I think the message they need to know is: we’re going to do everything we can to defend our forces.”
The comments could fuel tensions between uneasy allies the United States and Pakistan. Relations dropped to a low point after a unilateral US special forces raid killed Osama bin Laden in a Pakistani town in May.
Pakistani officials said it was the responsibility of US-led forces to crack down on militants when they enter Afghanistan.
“We are using all our resources to fight terrorism. As far as these issues like Haqqani network launching attacks from Pakistani territory is concerned, has any proof ever been given?” said a senior Pakistani military official who asked not to be named.
A senior Pakistani government official involved in defence policy said the South Asian country, reliant on billions of dollars in US aid, was doing all it could to stop militants from crossing the border to Afghanistan.
“But if the militants are doing something inside Afghanistan, then it is the responsibility of the Afghan and Western forces to hold them on the borders,” he said.
“They let everyone go scot-free on their side (of the border) and then they say Pakistan is not doing enough.”
Suspected ties to the Haqqanis
Panetta, who was CIA director until July, has long pressed Islamabad to go after the Haqqanis, perhaps the most feared of the Taliban-allied insurgent factions fighting US-led Nato and Afghan troops in Afghanistan.
Pakistan’s Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence has long been suspected of maintaining ties with the Haqqani network, cultivated during the 1980s when Jalaluddin Haqqani was a feared battlefield commander against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.
Pakistan says it has no links to the group.
Panetta said he was concerned about the Haqqanis’ ability to attack American troops and then “escape back into what is a safe haven in Pakistan.”
“And that’s unacceptable,” Panetta said.
The CIA has had success targeting militants in Pakistan using pilotless drones. Last month, Admiral Mike Mullen, the top US military officer, cited progress curtailing Haqqani movements within Afghanistan.
Going after Haqqani could be risky for Pakistan’s army, which is already stretched fighting Taliban militants determined to topple the US-backed government.
Haqqani himself is believed to have thousands of seasoned fighters, and he is revered by other militant groups who would likely defend him against any offensives.
US and Pakistani officials recently noted strong counter-terrorism cooperation after senior al Qaeda operative Younis al Mauritani was captured in Pakistan this month.
Comments from both sides suggested the allies were starting to put behind them the bitterness caused by bin Laden’s death.
After the secret raid, the number of US military trainers in Pakistani, who had numbered in the hundreds a year ago, were reduced to literally a couple of hand-fulls earlier this year
Some US officials in Washington said relations were still heavily strained.
“The bilateral relationship is still in deep trouble but the atmospherics are a bit better. Name calling has largely ended for now,” said former senior CIA analyst Bruce Riedel, who has advised Obama on policy in South Asia.
“Distrust has not gone away, nor has the fundamental difference in the approach to terror.

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Islamabad fends off US warning on 'Pakistan-based' militants
By Reuters
Published: September 15, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO:


Pakistani officials said it was the responsibility of US-led forces to crack down on militants when they enter Afghanistan.
“We are using all our resources to fight terrorism. As far as these issues like Haqqani network launching attacks from Pakistani territory is concerned, has any proof ever been given?” said a senior Pakistani military official who asked not to be named.
A senior Pakistani government official involved in defence policy said the South Asian country, reliant on billions of dollars in US aid, was doing all it could to stop militants from crossing the border to Afghanistan.
“But if the militants are doing something inside Afghanistan, then it is the responsibility of the Afghan and Western forces to hold them on the borders,” he said.
“They let everyone go scot-free on their side (of the border) and then they say Pakistan is not doing enough.”

Enough to answer and clear our position. This blame game should be ended and US/NATO should start work on their own side.