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Pakistan 'pushing a major series of global terrorist networks' onto Afghanistan: Ghani
By AFP
Published: March 21, 2015
KABUL: Afghanistan faces a difficult spring in terms of security as the so-called “fighting season” with the Taliban begins, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Saturday, adding that Pakistan was “pushing a major series of global terrorist networks onto” war ravaged country.

“The winter has been extraordinarily difficult. And barring major breakthroughs in the region, spring will be difficult,” he told a press briefing at the presidential palace, several hours before leaving on a four-day official visit to the United States.

Ghani, who came to power in September, said he had not asked for any specific aid from the United States nor any changes to planned troop withdrawals.

“What I’ll be explaining to the Congress of the United States is what we’re doing. What we’re underlining is both the nature of the threat and what we’re doing with the existing resources and capabilities,” he said.

Ghani will be travelling to the US along with Chief Executive Officer Dr Abdullah Abdullah. They are due to meet with President Barack Obama at the White House on March 24.

“A partnership is about appreciation of conditions…. You cannot just simply request assistance,” the president added.

The United States was due to reduce its 10,000 troops to 5,500 by December, but that number is expected to be reassessed.

Pakistan ‘pushing’ terrorists onto Afghanistan

According to Ghani, Pakistan’s military operations in Waziristan and Khyber “are pushing a major series of global terrorist networks onto us”.

But he stressed he considers neighbouring Pakistan a key partner in the peace process, saying success depends on “an enduring peace” with Islamabad.

Creating conditions for talks with the Taliban

The Afghan government has been “actively engaging” with its neighbours in the region over the past few weeks “from Azerbaijan to India” to create conditions for discussions with the Taliban, Ghani said.

“We have not had face-to-face discussions, we’re preparing the conditions for those,” he added.

Diplomatic efforts to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table have gained pace recently, even as security forces have launched offensives against the insurgent group without NATO assistance for the first time since 2002.

For their part, the Taliban have yet to officially acknowledge that talks are being held. They continue to impose their own tough conditions, including the absence of any foreign troops on Afghan soil, as a precondition to negotiations.

IS ‘swallows its competitors’

Ghani and his Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah will also have an opportunity to discuss the emergence of the Islamic State group (IS) on their US visit.

Ghani said IS “swallows its competitors”.

“If you compare al Qaeda and Daesh, it’s like going from Windows 1 to Windows 5,” he said, referring to IS by an alternative name.

“These groups do not fit with the classic insurgency.”

The Middle East-based group has not formally confirmed it is operating out of Afghanistan, though Pakistani and Afghan commanders have pledged their allegiance to the outfit in recent months.

In the United States, Ghani said he expects to field questions about the country’s finances.

“The question we will be asked is about fiscal sustainability. Will we be able to afford our own forces?” the president said.

“This is precisely why we’re examining the system of expenditure — the efficiency, the effectiveness, the transparency from top to bottom.”

The trip is also seen as an important step toward mending relations between the United States and Afghanistan, which deteriorated towards the end of former president Hamid Karzai’s ten-year rule.
 
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clever wording
he doesnt mean to blame Pakistan in a classical Karzai sense but merely states that the impact of the Zarb e Azab is that the terrorists that formally found North Waziristan a sanctuary are forced to flee across the border as the Pakistani forces are moving in and blocking all other escape routes.

in order to address the issue of influx of terrorists what is needed is better coordination between the two countries and deployment of Afghan forces on all potential routes.
 
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clever wording
he doesnt mean to blame Pakistan in a classical Karzai sense but merely states that the impact of the Zarb e Azab is that the terrorists that formally found North Waziristan a sanctuary are forced to flee across the border as the Pakistani forces are moving in and blocking all other escape routes.

so.... Afghan President Ghani is saying he doesn't have enough troops, intelligence, or political power to intercept these global terrorist.
 
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KABUL: Afghanistan faces a difficult spring in terms of security as the so-called “fighting season” with the Taliban begins, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Saturday, adding that Pakistan was “pushing a major series of global terrorist networks onto” war ravaged country..

Returning hundreds of thousands of refugees / people to the country they came from, isn't "pushing a major series of global terrorists". Its simply returning one country's quarter population who took refuge in another country and started to destroy the host country with terrorism and related activities.
Now that they are being sent back for their terrorist activities.....its not pushing. May be they should've kept their record clean when they immigrated so they didn't have to be "pushed back".

If a country welcomes you (and a very poor country at that), you respect that place, its law of the land and try to work with their system and integrate. If you start killing people there and supporting violence and extremism, you will be sent back!!! Too bad for making bad choices.
 
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Putting Ghani's sense in different words, Terrorists are fleeing into Afghanistan because of Pakistan's operation against terrorists in FATA. He is not alleging "support of terrorists from Pakistan" but indicating reality that "terrorists running into Afghanistan because they are being beaten by Pakistan".

His concerns are genuine and should be addressed by the world. Pakistan too would want these terrorists to be eliminated instead of they fleeing in-and-out between territories.
 
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Where do you think the terrorists came from in the first place? Here Afghanistan take your mess back.
 
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Why don't they position Afghan army on the other side of the border and block the escape route. That way the problem will be finished once and for all. But does Afghanistan have the resources to do that. Is their army trained enough to carry out the operations that Pakistan army is carrying out. Are they prepared for casualties which this kind of operation will require. They should think about these matters.
 
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