US helping Pak to deal with terrorism: Boucher
Kabul,
Jan
22:
US
Assistant
Secretary
of
State
for
South
and
Central
Asian
Affairs
Richard
Boucher
has
said
that
the
US
is
working
to
help
Pakistan
deal
with
extremism
and
al
Qaeda
militants
"in
its
own
way."
Boucher was responding to a question about reports that the US could send troops into the Pakistan tribal areas to root out extremists and al Qaeda militants, based there. "It is their country, their problems, and we are going to try to help them deal with it in their own way," Boucher told reporters in Asadabad in Afghanistan. "Our goal and our job is to be cooperative so this common problem that exists, that affects us, that affects you, that affects Pakistan, so we can all end this problem together," Boucher said.
"All of us want to see a more peaceful life for the people here, all of us want to see an end to the bombs, we want to see an end to the fighting," he said.
Earlier, commenting on media reports that the US might take unilateral actions the tribal areas of Pakistan, Musharraf said: "Only Pakistan"s own forces will take such action."
He
underlined
the
need
for
resolution
of
political
issues
of
the
Muslims
to
overcome
the
menace
of
terrorism,
the
Dawn
reported.
ANI