Pakistan's substantial contribution in war against terrorism had degraded al Qaeda's ability to mount global acts of terror and its leadership is scattered, on the run and somewhat frustrated due to its lack of direct control.
This was stated in Amercia's Country Reports on Terrorism 2005, published by US Department of State Office for counter-terrorism in April 2006.
Eulogising Pakistan's sustained and concerted efforts in eliminating menace of terrorism, the report says the 'government of Pakistan continues to pursue al Qaeda, Taliban and their allies aggressively. Its troops and other law-enforcement agencies continued raids on al Qaeda's suspects and their command and control capabilities in the region, totally disrupting their operations.
Pakistan forces' close co-operation with US and other nations in their campaign to eliminate international terrorism since September 2001 resulted in capturing and killing of hundreds of suspected operators of al Qaeda and other terrorist organisations by Pakistani troops, the report added.
Notwithstanding Kabul's baseless charges against Pakistan of exporting terrorism, the report said Islamabad's sincerity in curbing terrorism could be gauged by deployment of its 80,000 troops along the western border.
The report also highlighted President General Pervez Musharraf's keen interest in war against terrorism.
Comments
Comments are closed.