January 12, 2017 4:20 PM

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US asks Pak to act against all terrorist groups without any discrimination

US has asked Pakistan not to provide any safe haven to groups that will or are intent on carrying out attacks. In a press briefing, US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said, US continues to urge Pakistan to act against all terrorist groups without any discrimination. He urged Islamabad to realise that security of Afghanistan, India and Pakistan are interconnected and the three countries needed to work together to defeat terrorism. Mark Toner also endorsed Kabul's claim that the terrorists were able to strike targets inside Afghanistan whenever they wanted because Pakistan had allowed them to maintain safe havens in Fata. <br/><br/>Asked about Pakistan's reluctance to act against the safe havens and need to review the US policy towards Pakistan, Toner said it is an ongoing issue of concern and Washington is regularly raising this with Pakistan's leadership. The comments followed twin suicide blasts near the Afghan Parliament on Tuesday that killed scores. Another blast in Kandahar wounded the UAE Ambassador Juma Mohammed Abdullah Al Kaabi and some other diplomats.

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