Thursday, April 21, 2011

Pakistan army accuses US of ‘negative propaganda’

Chief Geneal Ashfaq Kayani


Pakistan’s army chief General Ashfaq Kayani vowed to defeat terrorism and rejected the notion of Islamabad “not doing enough” in the anti-Taliban fight, the military said on Thursday.

His comments followed remarks by Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, accusing Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency of having ties with Afghan Taliban in Pakistan’s northwest tribal belt.

The White House also criticised Pakistan’s efforts to defeat the Taliban operating on the border in a report this month refuted by Islamabad.