Didn't Pakistan say this after 9-11
Times of India:
Pakistan will no longer provide sanctuary to top militant commander Mullah Omar and the Afghan Taliban and will not allow its territory to be used against anyone, foreign minister Shah Mehmud Qureshi has said. ( Watch )Talk about mixed signals. This is only days after the ISI was saying the US should not be so tough on the Taliban. The question is who really speaks for the government and its policies.
"We are clear we have to deal with all elements that are challenging the writ of the government and making Pakistan or other places insecure," Qureshi told the Sunday Times.
"We don't want our soil, our national territory, to be used against anyone."
Qureshi also said they are "no more differentiating between good terrorists and bad terrorists."
"They've created havoc, made our environment insecure, and wherever they are, we'll take them on," he said.
Asked specifically if this would include Mullah Omar and his Quetta shura, which runs the Afghan Taliban, the minister replied: "Absolutely, we'll be taking them on."
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