Jan 25 , 2016
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Pakistan can and must do more to dismantle terror outfits, says Obama
NEW DELHI - US President Barack Obama has urged Pakistan to show it is “serious” about crushing extremist networks operating on its territory, saying the latest mass killing of students underlined the need for more decisive action.
In an interview with the Press Trust of India published on Sunday, Obama praised recent crackdowns by Pakistani security forces but said more should be done to eradicate violent groups.
“Pakistan has an opportunity to show that it is serious about delegitimising, disrupting and dismantling terrorist networks,” Obama told the news agency in Washington. “In the region and around the world, there must be zero tolerance for safe havens and terrorists must be brought to justice.”
Twenty-one people were killed last Wednesday in an attack at a university campus in Charsada which was claimed by a faction of the Taliban, barely a year after a massacre at a school in Peshawar that killed more than 150 people.
Obama said the crackdown on terrorists was “the right policy” but was quoted as saying that Pakistan “can and must” take more effective action. “Since then (Peshawar), we have seen Pakistan take action against several specific groups,” said Obama. “We have also seen continued terrorism inside Pakistan such as the recent attack on the university in northwest Pakistan.”
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk