WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): Islamabad is increasing realising the stark reality that it must fight against the Afghan militants if the Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) has to be vanquished, a US diplomat has said.
Ambassador Richard Olson told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: “And that (recognition in Pakistan) creates an opportunity that we will want to pursue as much as possible.”
He believed the government of Pakistan had recognised the significant links between the Pakistani and the Afghan Taliban, It was no longer simple for them, as . . .
