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Thursday, August 08, 2013
Al Qaeda in Pakistan, Afghanistan on path to defeat: US
WASHINGTON: The United States has said that the core of al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan is on the path to defeat.
While briefing newsmen in Washington State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that the US has achieved a great deal of success against al Qaeda core in Afghanistan and Pakistan. “We have taken a number of steps to really decimate that group's leadership, including, of course, most importantly, Osama bin Laden. The focus, however, had shifted to the Middle East where first on that list is always al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula,” she added.
Psaki said the State Department had also ordered a reduction in the number of emergency US government personnel in Yemen. "We are concerned about a threat stream indicating the potential for terrorist attacks against US persons or facilities overseas, especially emanating from the Arabian Peninsula," she said. online
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk