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| John Kerry tells Pakistan to quash all militant groups after school massacre | John Kerry tells Pakistan to quash all militant groups after school massacre |
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| John Kerry, the US secretary of state, has said Pakistan must fight militant groups that threaten Afghan, Indian and US interests, as he offered sympathy for the victims of last month’s mass killings at a school. | John Kerry, the US secretary of state, has said Pakistan must fight militant groups that threaten Afghan, Indian and US interests, as he offered sympathy for the victims of last month’s mass killings at a school. |
| Pakistan has long been suspected by the west of playing a double game, fighting some militants while supporting those its generals have regarded as strategic assets against India and Afghanistan. | Pakistan has long been suspected by the west of playing a double game, fighting some militants while supporting those its generals have regarded as strategic assets against India and Afghanistan. |
| Kerry said all militant groups should be targeted to bring security to the region. “Terror groups like the Pakistani and Afghan Taliban, the Haqqani network, Lashkar-e-Taiba and other groups continue to pose a threat to Pakistan, to its neighbours and to the United States,” he told a news conference in Islamabad, on Tuesday. | Kerry said all militant groups should be targeted to bring security to the region. “Terror groups like the Pakistani and Afghan Taliban, the Haqqani network, Lashkar-e-Taiba and other groups continue to pose a threat to Pakistan, to its neighbours and to the United States,” he told a news conference in Islamabad, on Tuesday. |
| “And all of us have a responsibility to ensure that these groups do not gain a foothold but rather are pushed back into the recesses of memory … Make no mistake. The task is a difficult one and it is not done.” | “And all of us have a responsibility to ensure that these groups do not gain a foothold but rather are pushed back into the recesses of memory … Make no mistake. The task is a difficult one and it is not done.” |
| Most US-led forces in Afghanistan officially completed their combat mission in December, prompting concern about the stability of the region where insurgents have been increasingly aggressive in past months. | Most US-led forces in Afghanistan officially completed their combat mission in December, prompting concern about the stability of the region where insurgents have been increasingly aggressive in past months. |
| Following the attack on the Peshawar school in which 134 children were killed, Pakistan has promised to stop differentiating between good and bad militants and to step up operations against their hideouts on the Afghan border. | Following the attack on the Peshawar school in which 134 children were killed, Pakistan has promised to stop differentiating between good and bad militants and to step up operations against their hideouts on the Afghan border. |
| Before leaving Pakistan for Geneva, where he is due to meet the Iranian foreign minister, Javad Zarif, Kerry had been expected to travel to the north-western city of Peshawar to visit the victims, but the plan was scrapped. | Before leaving Pakistan for Geneva, where he is due to meet the Iranian foreign minister, Javad Zarif, Kerry had been expected to travel to the north-western city of Peshawar to visit the victims, but the plan was scrapped. |