“It’s very, very difficult to eliminate any insurgency if that insurgency has safe haven in another country. Pakistan has got to be part of the solution,” General Mark A Milley, Chief of Staff of the US Army, told lawmakers during a Congressional hearing. That very much involves Pakistan,” Milley said. Milley said it was in the national security interest of the United States to maintain troops in Afghanistan. That’s why we’re there, and that’s why we’re still there,” he said, adding that this can be achieved through a stable Afghanistan.

Source: Hindustan Times April 13, 2018 04:30 UTC