Terrorism main threat to Pak Obama Lastupdate:- Fri, 14 May 2010 18:30:00 GMT GreaterKashmir.com

Terrorism main threat to Pak: Obama

‘Not to abandon Afghan’

LALIT K JHA

Washington, May 13: Warning that extremists pose a serious threat to Pakistan’s sovereignty, US President Barack Obama has said Islamabad had realised that it was not India but the “cancer” of terrorism emanating from its own territory that was its primary concern.
“I think there has been in the past a view on the part of Pakistan that their primary rival, India, was their only concern,” Obama said at a joint press conference with visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai here last night.
“I think what you’ve seen over the last several months is a growing recognition that they have a cancer in their midst; that the extremist organisations that have been allowed to congregate and use as a base the frontier areas to then go into Afghanistan -- that now threatens Pakistan’s sovereignty,” Obama said in response to a question.
Terming reports of a rift between Washington and Kabul as “overstated”, he assured Afghan president Hamid Karzai that America would not cut out and run from the war-torn nation.
In a conciliatory move, Obama also voiced support for Karzai’s efforts to woo wavering Taliban militants, but only if they renounce al-Qaeda and violence, marking the first reaction of the US to Karzai’s moves to bring back moderate Taliban to the mainstream as well as try to send some elements outside Afghanistan.

Lastupdate on : Thu, 13 May 2010 21:30:00 Makkah time
Lastupdate on : Thu, 13 May 2010 18:30:00 GMT
Lastupdate on : Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 IST

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