US and Pakistan clash at UN over Afghanistan
20/1/2018 12:40
The United States urged Pakistan on Friday not to give sanctuary to "terrorist organizations" — and Pakistan demanded that the Trump administration address safe havens inside Afghanistan and its income from the narcotics trade. The exchange took place Friday at a Security Council meeting on the issue of Afghanistan's relations with its Central Asia neighbors and the link between peace and security. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan said the United States can't work with Pakistan if it continues to give sanctuary to terrorist organizations and need to stop this and join efforts to resolve the Afghan conflict. Pakistan's U.N. Ambassador Maleeha Lodi countered that Afghanistan and its partners, especially the U.S., need to address "challenges inside Afghanistan rather than shift the onus for ending the conflict onto others."
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