The CIA Chief has said that if Islamabad does not eliminate terrorist “safe havens” in its territory, the US will do everything it can to destroy them. Mike Pompeo, Director of CIA said as a stern warning to Pakistan.
Pompeo’s statement came ahead of US defense secretary Jim Mattis’s visit to Islamabad where he will persuade Pakistan to support the new US strategy on Afghanistan. The CIA director sent a harsh message when asked at the Reagan National Defence Forum in Simi, California.
He explained how the Trump administration would deal with the situation if Pakistan turned down Washington’s request to destroy safe havens. “In the absence of the Pakistanis achieving that, we are going to do everything we can to make sure that that safe haven no longer exists,” he said.
Since 2004, the CIA has conducted drone strikes in Fata and recent media reports have suggested that the Trump administration may expand those strikes to cover other areas inside Pakistan.
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