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WASHINGTON: Safe havens to terrorists in Pakistan pose a great challenge to peace and stability in Afghanistan, even as ANSF has been making significant progress in war against terrorism, a top American general said on Tuesday.
"Safe havens in Afghanistan and sanctuaries in Pakistan continue to provide Taliban senior leadership some freedom of movement and freedom of action, facilitating the training of fighters, and the planning of operations," General Joseph Dunford, commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said.
"The Afghan Taliban and all its sub-groups, including the Haqqani Network, remain capable of conducting high profile attacks, though counter-terrorism pressure has degraded this ability," Dunford told the Senate Armed Services Committee during a congressional hearing on Afghanistan.
"However, the Taliban remain firm in their conviction that ISAF's drawdown and perceived ANSF (Afghan National Security Forces) weakness, especially when supplemented with continued external support and with sanctuary in Pakistan that the Taliban exploit, will translate into a restoration of their pre-surge military capabilities and influence," he said.
Dunford said sustained counter-terrorism operations have also eliminated dozens of al-Qaida enablers and exerted pressure on al-Qaida personnel, restricting their movement to isolated areas of northeastern Afghanistan.
Despite effective counter-terrorism pressure on al-Qaida and its Taliban enablers and on the small number of al-Qaida fighters in Afghanistan, al-Qaida's relationship with local Afghan Taliban remains intact, he said.
The top American commander in Afghanistan talked of establishing a constructive ANSF-Pakistan military relationship.
"The security, especially along the border, of Afghanistan and Pakistan is an interdependent issue that requires a cooperative effort between the two countries," he said.
"The Afghanistan-Pakistan relationship has ebbed and flowed over time, but both nations acknowledge that stability in Afghanistan impacts Pakistan and vice versa.
The unresolved border issues between Afghanistan and Pakistan are a historical source of friction between the two countries," he said.
"Actions by both sides exacerbated this friction and contributed significantly to the loss of trust necessary for a meaningful relationship between each country's military forces," Dunford said.
WASHINGTON: Safe havens to terrorists in Pakistan pose a great challenge to peace and stability in Afghanistan, even as ANSF has been making significant progress in war against terrorism, a top American general said on Tuesday.
"Safe havens in Afghanistan and sanctuaries in Pakistan continue to provide Taliban senior leadership some freedom of movement and freedom of action, facilitating the training of fighters, and the planning of operations," General Joseph Dunford, commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said.
"The Afghan Taliban and all its sub-groups, including the Haqqani Network, remain capable of conducting high profile attacks, though counter-terrorism pressure has degraded this ability," Dunford told the Senate Armed Services Committee during a congressional hearing on Afghanistan.
"However, the Taliban remain firm in their conviction that ISAF's drawdown and perceived ANSF (Afghan National Security Forces) weakness, especially when supplemented with continued external support and with sanctuary in Pakistan that the Taliban exploit, will translate into a restoration of their pre-surge military capabilities and influence," he said.
Dunford said sustained counter-terrorism operations have also eliminated dozens of al-Qaida enablers and exerted pressure on al-Qaida personnel, restricting their movement to isolated areas of northeastern Afghanistan.
Despite effective counter-terrorism pressure on al-Qaida and its Taliban enablers and on the small number of al-Qaida fighters in Afghanistan, al-Qaida's relationship with local Afghan Taliban remains intact, he said.
The top American commander in Afghanistan talked of establishing a constructive ANSF-Pakistan military relationship.
"The security, especially along the border, of Afghanistan and Pakistan is an interdependent issue that requires a cooperative effort between the two countries," he said.
"The Afghanistan-Pakistan relationship has ebbed and flowed over time, but both nations acknowledge that stability in Afghanistan impacts Pakistan and vice versa.
The unresolved border issues between Afghanistan and Pakistan are a historical source of friction between the two countries," he said.
"Actions by both sides exacerbated this friction and contributed significantly to the loss of trust necessary for a meaningful relationship between each country's military forces," Dunford said.
) leadership in Gulf with help of State of USA oh i mean United States of A and State of Pakistan adding the State of Afghanistan as well.
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that was over due we were just waiting for the decision to implement.
