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Tuesday, 18 November 2014

Some Taliban are dangerous and some are not, Sartaj Aziz

Islamabad: Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz on Monday said that Pakistan should not target militants who do not threaten the country’s security.

“Why should America’s enemies unnecessarily become our enemies,” Sartaj Aziz said during an interview with BBC Urdu.

He further said, "When the America attacked Afghanistan, all those that were trained and armed were pushed towards us. Some of them are dangerous for us and some are not.

Speaking about the Haqqani Network, he said, “Why must we make enemies out of them all?”

He added that the Afghan Taliban are Afghanistan’s problem and Haqqani Network is a part of it. Taliban are not dangerous to Pakistan, they should not be targeted.

“It’s the job of the Afghan government to negotiate with them.We can try to convince them, however things are not the same as they were in the nineties,” Aziz said.

When speaking about COAS Raheel Sharif’s visit to the United States, the adviser to the PM said that relations between Pakistan and the US are improving.

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