Photo: Alex Brandon/ReutersNew Delhi: A day after Afghan president Ashraf Ghani admonished Pakistan for its support to the Taliban, India and the US on Wednesday demanded the dismantling of terrorist infrastructure on Pakistani soil. Terrorist safe havens will not be tolerated.”India has long accused Pakistan of supporting terrorist groups on its soil to target India—a charge Pakistan has consistently denied. In her remarks, foreign minister Sushma Swaraj said India and the US were of the common view that Pakistan should take steps to eliminate terrorist safe havens inside Pakistan. “We agreed on the fact that India and the US together had to ensure that no country provides shelter to terrorists. “We want to work with Pakistan (on this) because we think its in their interest,” Tillerson said.

Source: Mint October 25, 2017 13:46 UTC