US wants Pak action against Al-Qaeda-linked terrorists in North Waziristan
March 19th, 2011 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANIWashington, Mar 19(ANI): The US commander in Afghanistan, General David H. Petraeus, has said that it is important that Pakistani forces launch an operation to crack down on Al-Qaeda-linked terrorists in North Waziristan.
Petraeus credited Islamabad with battling terrorists elsewhere, but said that the campaign needed to move to North Waziristan.
“The fact is that it’s hugely important that there’s a campaign in northern Waziristan that is putting enormous pressure on the Al-Qaeda sanctuaries there,” the Daily Times quoted Petraeus, as saying.
“They have lost thousands of soldiers and thousands of civilians in a very impressive counter insurgency campaign to clear Swat Valley and the other areas” in Khyber and South Waziristan,” he added. (ANI)
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