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Severing ISI link with terror groups in progress: Boucher
* US official says Obamas special envoy will focus particularly on Pakistan, Afghanistan
Daily Times Monitor
LAHORE: Severing the link of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) from Pakistan-based terrorist groups is a work in progress and the United States will make sure that it is done effectively, US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Richard Boucher told Outlook India on Saturday.
Talking to Ashish Kumar Sen in Washington, Boucher said Pakistan had been off to a promising start in the process, but a lot more needed to be done to eliminate the threat. He said the US did not support calls in India to strike suspected terrorist sites in Pakistan, but did want to see the source of terror eliminated.
We want to see the groups that helped organise this from Pakistani soil eliminated. The most effective way is to work with the Pakistanis, Boucher told Outlook India.
Commenting on the Indian demands that Pakistan hand over Mumbai attacks masterminds to New Delhi, Boucher said the US expected to deal with those kinds of legal questions in the appropriate legal framework and legal process.
Which means the investigators will investigate, he told the paper.
Boucher said there was no need to draw any conclusions about the information contained in the dossier regarding the Mumbai attacks, which India provided to Pakistan.
One shouldnt draw too many distinctions about this information. It is useful information. Each side needs to take it, needs to explore it, needs to build on it, he told the Outlook. Boucher said the Obama administrations special envoy on South Asia will focus particularly on Pakistan and Afghanistan because of the related nature of some of their problems.
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
* US official says Obamas special envoy will focus particularly on Pakistan, Afghanistan
Daily Times Monitor
LAHORE: Severing the link of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) from Pakistan-based terrorist groups is a work in progress and the United States will make sure that it is done effectively, US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Richard Boucher told Outlook India on Saturday.
Talking to Ashish Kumar Sen in Washington, Boucher said Pakistan had been off to a promising start in the process, but a lot more needed to be done to eliminate the threat. He said the US did not support calls in India to strike suspected terrorist sites in Pakistan, but did want to see the source of terror eliminated.
We want to see the groups that helped organise this from Pakistani soil eliminated. The most effective way is to work with the Pakistanis, Boucher told Outlook India.
Commenting on the Indian demands that Pakistan hand over Mumbai attacks masterminds to New Delhi, Boucher said the US expected to deal with those kinds of legal questions in the appropriate legal framework and legal process.
Which means the investigators will investigate, he told the paper.
Boucher said there was no need to draw any conclusions about the information contained in the dossier regarding the Mumbai attacks, which India provided to Pakistan.
One shouldnt draw too many distinctions about this information. It is useful information. Each side needs to take it, needs to explore it, needs to build on it, he told the Outlook. Boucher said the Obama administrations special envoy on South Asia will focus particularly on Pakistan and Afghanistan because of the related nature of some of their problems.
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan