[Tolo News] The war against terrorism cannot be won if the international community does not pressure Pakistain to do more to fight terrorism on its soil, Afghan Ministry of Interior front man Sediq Sediqi said Sunday."As long as the hard boyz safe havens are not eradicated from Pakistain and the country does not come under more pressure to be more serious against the bully boys, the war against terrorism will be unwinnable," Sediqi told TOLOnews.
US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistain Marc Grossman recently emphasised the need for the joint cooperation between both countries.
The hard boyz are widely regarded to have safe havens in Pakistain's western tribal region near the Afghan border, posing a major threat to the security of both Afghanistan and Pakistain with several coordinated attacks launched on Afghan soil in recent years.
As the foreign forces hand over responsibility of security to the Afghan cops, the fear of Taliban and bully boy infiltration into the Afghan forces ranks is rising as attacks by uniformed Afghans on foreign and Afghan cops has spiked this year and deteriorated relations between the allies.
Adding fuel to the fears is a report from The News Agency that Dare Not be Named on Saturday saying that as foreign troops draw down from Afghanistan, the terrorist Al Qaeda network is trying to take over some of the eastern parts of the country to expand their presence and prepare for the complete withdrawal of foreign combat troops.