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Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Mullen pushes Pakistan to move against Haqqani network
LONDON: The United States’ top military commander on Sunday pushed Pakistan to move against the members of Haqqani network on its soil. “Unless they move against terrorists like the Haqqani network, it could affect relations between Washington and Islamabad,” Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, said in Kabul on Monday. During an interview with BBC, he warned that victory in Afghanistan could only be achieved by stamping out insurgent activity in Pakistan. Mullen again called on Pakistan to end “safe havens” there. “Those save havens have to be addressed in order to generate any long-term success,” he continued. “I define that as a stable Afghanistan and a stable Pakistan and quite frankly right now we don’t have either,” he said. daily times monitor
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