Act Against Haqqanis Within 'Days And Weeks' : Clinton To Pak

In a blunt message to Pakistan, the US today asked it to act against the Haqqani network within “days and weeks” and “squeeze” the dreaded terror group responsible for attacks in Afghanistan, saying Islamabad could not keep “snakes” in its backyard to strike its neighbours.

“It’s like that old story - you can’t keep snakes in your backyard and expect them only to bite your neighbours. Eventually those snakes are going to turn on whoever has them in the backyard,” visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said at a joint news conference with Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar.

Clinton, who arrived here yesterday with a high-level delegation that included CIA director David Petraeus and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen Martin Dempsey, had earlier said the US intended to “push the Pakistanis very hard” to remove militant safe havens and tackle groups like the Haqqani network that are responsible for cross-border strikes.


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