US officials met Haqqani network with ISI help
No unilateral action inside Pakistan: Clinton
ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday ruled out any unilateral action against terrorists’ safe havens inside Pakistan saying, “We want action against them in concert with our strategic partners like Pakistan.” During her roundtable talks with anchorpersons of various TV channels, she responded to various questions on Pakistan-US relations, particularly their joint efforts to fight the war on terror. When asked if the United States was pondering to send its troops inside Pakistan, she categorically said this option was not being considered.
“We don’t want to take action unilaterally, we want to act in concert with our strategic partners like Pakistan and other allies.” Replying to a question regarding her reported warning to Islamabad, Clinton said the warning was: “If we don’t handle safe havens together the consequences could be terrific to both the US and Pakistan.” In response to another query that ISI was involved in attack on the US embassy in Kabul through Haqqani network, she categorically said,” We have no evidence of that.”
Clinton admitted that the United States had held one exploratory meeting with the Haqqani network before a series of massive attacks. “In fact, the Pakistani government officials helped to facilitate such a meeting,” she said. But “we’re not in any kind of negotiations. We’ve had one preliminary meeting just to see if they would show up.” agencies
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
No unilateral action inside Pakistan: Clinton
ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday ruled out any unilateral action against terrorists’ safe havens inside Pakistan saying, “We want action against them in concert with our strategic partners like Pakistan.” During her roundtable talks with anchorpersons of various TV channels, she responded to various questions on Pakistan-US relations, particularly their joint efforts to fight the war on terror. When asked if the United States was pondering to send its troops inside Pakistan, she categorically said this option was not being considered.
“We don’t want to take action unilaterally, we want to act in concert with our strategic partners like Pakistan and other allies.” Replying to a question regarding her reported warning to Islamabad, Clinton said the warning was: “If we don’t handle safe havens together the consequences could be terrific to both the US and Pakistan.” In response to another query that ISI was involved in attack on the US embassy in Kabul through Haqqani network, she categorically said,” We have no evidence of that.”
Clinton admitted that the United States had held one exploratory meeting with the Haqqani network before a series of massive attacks. “In fact, the Pakistani government officials helped to facilitate such a meeting,” she said. But “we’re not in any kind of negotiations. We’ve had one preliminary meeting just to see if they would show up.” agencies
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan


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