Washington: Al Qaeda and Taliban along
with their network in Afghanistan and Pakistan are trying to
put additional pressure on US-led international collation
forces to give up, a top Obama administration said.
"The Taliban, al Qaeda and their extremist allies are
stepping up their efforts to disrupt the (Afghan Presidential)
elections, which was their intention. They didn`t succeed. And
they are trying to put additional pressure on the coalition to
give up," US envoy to the UN Susan Rice told Al Jazeera TV.
Obama administration is working in partnership with
the Pakistani government to deal with the shared challenge
that the US and Pakistan faces, and that is the threat from
al Qaeda and extremists that are killing Pakistanis every day,
Rice said.
"They continue to plot and plan to kill Americans, to
kill Europeans, to kill Canadians and many others. This is
something that we have an obligation to deal with in the
interests of the people of Pakistan, as well as in our own
interest and the broader global interest," Rice said.
Refraining to make any comment on the drone attacks,
Rice said, "We continue to cooperate effectively with the
government and the people of Pakistan to deal with this shared
threat. We are doing so through a variety of means and they
are essential to achieve the overarching goal of disrupting
and dismantling and defeating al Qaeda. And denying al Qaeda
continued safe haven in Pakistan or Afghanistan."
Bureau Report
