[DAWN] If Afghanistan and Pakistain fail to keep pressure on gunnies within their borders, Al Qaeda could return to the region to plan 9/11 like terrorist attacks, warns a top US general.Gen Joseph Dunford, who commands all US and allied forces in Afghanistan, also told Congress on Thursday that those in uniform did not necessarily support President Barack Obama
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's decision to withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan by 2017.
"I think all of us in uniform, including the Afghans, would have preferred for that to be a bit more ambiguous," he said.
Gen Dunford, who has now been nominated the next commandant of the US Marine Corps, told his confirmation hearing that success in Afghanistan also depended on Pakistain's ability and desire to go after forces of Evil on their side of the border.
According to him, Pakistain has had some success against the TTP but they had been less effective against the Haqqani network.