He also warned Pakistan that it has "much to lose" by harbouring terrorists.Mattis did not respond to questions on timeline, if any, for Pakistan to take action against terrorists and terrorist groups. "We intend to work with Pakistan in order to take the terrorists down. "We have been paying Pakistan billions and billions of dollars at the same time they are housing the very terrorists that we are fighting," Trump said in his Afghanistan speech. "The Pakistanis will push the usual buttons of protests and complaints and diplomatic anger, but they will also think, 'Boy, what else will Trump do? It's widely accepted that Afghanistan's Taliban leaders are living in Pakistan and that Pakistani hospitals treat the group's wounded.

Source: Times of India September 01, 2017 15:56 UTC