[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A former top American General has called for targeting the "terrorist sanctuaries" inside the Pak soil including those of the Haqqani terrorist network.Speaking to the members of the Senate Armed Committee during a Congressional hearing, Gen. (rtd) John M Keane said "We have got to step up to what two (US) Presidents have failed to do and that is deal with these sanctuaries in Pakistain from which intelligence, support and training for operations inside Afghanistan comes."
He said "This is Afghan-Taliban sanctuaries in Pakistain and specifically the Haqqani Network should be targeted just like Al Qaeda. In targeting them we will disrupt it, disrupt their command and control and disrupt their operations. Then we begin to have a chance."
Haqqani network was formed in the late 1970s by Jalaluddin Haqqani. The group is allied with al-Qaeda and the Afghan Taliban and cooperates with other terrorist organizations in the region.
The network is considered the most lethal krazed killer group targeting the NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
-led coalition security forces and Afghan personnel in Afghanistan.
The US Department of State designated the Haqqani Network as a Foreign Terrorist Organization on September 7, 2012.
The government of Pakistain also included the Haqqani terrorist network in the list of proscribed organizations following mounting pressures by Washington.
Pakistain was reportedly forced to ban the bully boy organizations including the Haqqani Network following a deadly attack on an army-run school in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
city in mid-December last year which left over 140 people dead which included mostly school children.