Washington tells Islamabad: Drone attacks to continue until Pakistan ‘satisfies’ US
| Washington tells Islamabad
January 29, 2018
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SHAFQAT ALI
Pakistan that
drone attacksinside the Pakistani territory will
continue until Islamabad “satisfies” Washington of indiscriminate action against all the militant groups, The Nation has learnt.
Senior officials at the foreign ministry said that the
US rejected Pakistan’s protests against the drone strikes, saying
Pakistan would have to “earn” an end to such attacks – by taking action against all the militant outfits.
Citing recent contacts with Washington, an official said: “They [the US] believe we are sheltering some militant groups and are playing a double game. They want
us to satisfy them for an end to the
drone attacks . It doesn’t seem easy to satisfy them.”
He added: “We have told them [the US] about the resentment against the
drone attacksin
Pakistan . People want military reaction against the drone strikes, which could worsen the Pak-US tension. They [the US] have not given any positive response so far.”
Last week,
Pakistan had warned that the
drone attacks by the
US inside the Pakistani territory could prove detrimental to the Pak-US partnership.
This came after a
US drone strike in the Kurram Agency killed two people.
Reports said two missiles hit a house in Spin Tal area.
The foreign office reacted sharply to the strike warning “such unilateral actions, as that of today (January 24), are detrimental to the spirit of cooperation between the two countries in the fight against terrorism.”
Pakistan and the
US made conflicting claims on the drone attack in the Kurram Agency by the
US forces based in Afghanistan.
Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Mohammed Faisal said
Pakistan sticks to its stance that the
US drone strike targeted an Afghan refugee camp near Kurram Agency.
However,
US embassy spokesperson Richard Snelsire denied
Pakistan 's assertion.
“The claim in an MFA [Ministry of Foreign Affairs] statement that [the]
US forces struck an Afghan refugee camp in Kurram Agency yesterday [January 24] is false,” he maintained.
Since 2004, the
US government has attacked numerous targets in northwest
Pakistanusing unmanned aerial vehicles or drones controlled by the Central Intelligence Agency’s Special Activities Division.
Most of these attacks are on targets in the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas along the Afghan border.
These strikes began during the administration of the United States President, George W Bush, and increased substantially under his successor Barack Obama.
Pakistan and the
US have been struggling to reconcile after President Donald Trump’s controversial tweet, in which he announced to suspend aid to
Pakistan for allegedly deceiving the
US in the war on terror.
Pakistan rejected the
US allegations and questioned Trump’s claim of giving $33 billion to
Pakistan as security assistance.
Islamabad said it had fought the anti-terror war largely from its own resources for the sake of the country’s and global peace.
The uneasy allies returned to the talks’ table this month when Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Ambassador Alice Wells visited Islamabad and held talks with Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua.
Later,
US Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford said military-to-military dialogue between the two countries was the right approach to improve the Pak-US relationship.
The top
US general said he was not “giving up” on improving ties with
Pakistan .
Another official at the foreign ministry said
Pakistan had asked the
US to share intelligence instead of directly targeting the militants in the tribal belt.
“There is visibly a trust deficit [between
Pakistan and the US]. They [the US] avoid sharing [intelligence] details with
us suspecting we will help the militants instead. We are trying to defuse this misunderstanding,” he said.
The official said the
US had once again asked
Pakistan to act against the Haqqani network and “prove” that
Pakistan was “sincere” in the war against terror.
“We have counted our sacrifices to convince them,” he mentioned.
Defence analyst and former Lt General Naeem Khalid Lodhi said the
US drone attackswere against the international laws.
He said
Pakistan reserved the right to respond to such strikes.
General Lodhi said such attacks challenged Pakistan’s sovereignty.
“The
US has made it a habit to strike at will. This is unacceptable and should not be tolerated,” he added.
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A porki on peeDfuck crying
Sorry to say, jo Pakistan k halat hain, is se zyada self-respect to eik ran*i ki hoti ha.
Another porki:
Our army is coward, I will not blame our government this time, I am from bahawalpur, and now, our army loose respect and honor from my heart,
I hate that army,i hate that airforce,i hate that navy,i hate our defence forces,
They make us slaves,
We are not a free nation,
Our army is bench of liers,