The Pakistani leadership defines terrorism differently than the US Government and is unlikely to act against all terrorist groups as demanded by Washington, Pakistan’s former Ambassador to America Husain Haqqani has said.
In an article in the journal ‘American Interest’, Haqqani said that Pakistani leaders’ view of their country’s interests in Afghanistan, differ vastly from those of the US and that limits the prospects of cooperation in ending the Afghan war.
“Pakistan’s leadership defines terrorism differently than the US government and thus is unlikely to act against all terrorist groups, as (Secretary of State) Mike Pompeo demanded,” Haqqani, who is now the Director for South and Central Asia at Washington-based Hudson Institute, said.
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi is scheduled to meet Pompeo on October 2 to further discussions.
