Ghani expects Pakistan act against groups pursuing violence in Afghanistan By KHAAMA PRESS – Tue Jul 12 2016

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said the Afghan government leadership expects Pakistan act against the militant groups using its soil to pursue violence in Afghanistan.
Speaking during a press conference with the US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, President Ghani ruled out relations with Pakistan has deteriorated.
President Ghani said the relations between Kabul and Islamabad is clear and the Afghan government expects actions against those pursuing violence.
Recalling Pakistan’s commitment to act against the group rejecting peace, President Ghani said “We hope that Islamabad makes a correct decision.”
He also added that there is no difference between the good and bad terrorists, insisting that the terror groups not only target Afghanistan but they targeted Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
The call by President Ghani to act against the militant groups pursuing violence comes as the Pakistani officials have opposed military option against such groups.
Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz opposed a large-scale crackdown against all extremist militants in Pakistan, warning that pushing too fast could lead to ‘blowback’ in the form of more terrorist attacks.
Sartaj earlier this month “But there are risks involved of how far we can go and in what sequence we should go and in what scale we should go.”
He also added that the military acted “without distinguishing between ‘good and bad’ Taliban” but suggested that seeking a large-scale crackdown on all at once would overstretch the armed forces and lead to more terrorist attacks.
However, the Afghan officials are saying that the leadership councils of the Taliban group and the notorious Haqqani terrorist network remains intact in Peshawar and Quetta cities of Pakistan from where they plan and coordinate attacks in Afghanistan. www.khaama.com/ghani-expects-pakistan-act-against-groups-pursuing-violence-in-afghanistan-01469