Get ISI to work towards tackling terror: US tells Pak
In a virtual indictment of ISI's involvement in the bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, the US on Sunday asked Pakistan to get its intelligence network to work towards tackling terrorism that is affecting its neighbourhood.
By PTI |
COLOMBO: In a virtual indictment of ISI's involvement in the bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, the US on Sunday asked Pakistan to get its intelligence network to work towards tackling terrorism that is affecting its neighbourhood.
"Pakistan needs to get everybody lined up in the same direction if they are really going to tackle the terrorist problem," US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher, who is here as an Observer at the SAARC Summit, told reporters.
His statement came after US officials vindicated Indian claim of Pakistan's ISI's role in the suicide bombing on the Indian Embassy in Kabul last month.
Boucher, who met Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on the sidelines of the SAARC Summit, welcomed his assurance to India to probe the Kabul attack.
"Our view is that it is important to have a good intelligence service in Pakistan, but it is also important for that intelligence service to work single-mindedly with other institutions to tackle the terrorist issue that affects so many people in Pakistan and its neighbourhood," he said.
"Pakistan needs to get everybody lined up in the same direction if they are really going to tackle the terrorist problem," US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher, who is here as an Observer at the SAARC Summit, told reporters.
His statement came after US officials vindicated Indian claim of Pakistan's ISI's role in the suicide bombing on the Indian Embassy in Kabul last month.
Boucher, who met Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on the sidelines of the SAARC Summit, welcomed his assurance to India to probe the Kabul attack.
"Our view is that it is important to have a good intelligence service in Pakistan, but it is also important for that intelligence service to work single-mindedly with other institutions to tackle the terrorist issue that affects so many people in Pakistan and its neighbourhood," he said.
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