Military rift hurting terror war: Mullen

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WASHINGTON: A commentary in a newspaper said that a rift between militaries of United States and Pakistan was hurting the war on terror, with the Pakistani ambassador expressing the view that it would time to rebuild the relationship.

"The U.S. has to make it very clear that the U.S. role against terror is a supportive role," Pakistan ambassador to U.S. Husain Haqqani told media, which said that the tensions existed before the emergence of the Taliban and al-Qaeda and cited the 1990 U.S. sanctions on Pakistan under the so-called Pressler amendment.

“Everybody is more willing to fight when it is their war, than to fight somebody else's war,” the ambassador said.

The Daily’s commentary, written by Sara Carter, focuses on the impact of U.S. sanctions when the Pakistani-specific amendment, piloted by Republican senator Larry Pressler, gave rise to distrust between the two countries.

The general consensus among many Pakistani citizens is that the U.S. abandoned Pakistan when “we were no longer useful after the Cold War,” said a senior Pakistani official who spoke on the condition of anonymity.



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