US threatens to take ‘unilateral action’ to shut down Taliban

In a blunt warning,US has threatened to take 'unilateral action' by sending its troops to Pakistan to shut down Taliban.

In a blunt warning,US has threatened to take unilateral action by sending its troops to Pakistan to shut down Taliban and other terrorist camps there,if Islamabad does not take decisive action against them.

The Americans want the Pakistanis to target Haqqani network based in north Waziristan and Taliban supremo Mullah Omar and the members of the groups top Shura,believed to be hiding in Baluchistan.

Washington feels that Pakistani forces have so far refused to attack against these two Taliban groups,The New York Times reported quoting American and Pakistani officials.

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The Times said,”The US was prepared to take unilateral action to expand Predator drone attacks beyond the tribal areas and,if needed,to resume raids by Special Operations forces into the country against Al Qaeda and Taliban leaders”.

“The blunt message was delivered in a tense encounter in Pakistan last month,before President Barack Obama announced his new war strategy when Gen James Jones,Obama’s national security adviser,and John O Brennan,the White House counter terrorism chief,met with the heads of Pakistan’s military and its intelligence service,” The paper said.

US officials said the message did not amount to an ultimatum but rather it was intended to “prod a reluctant Pakistani military” to go after Taliban insurgents in Pakistan who are directing attacks in Afghanistan.

A senior administration official,asked about the encounter,declined to go into details but added quickly,”I think they read our intentions accurately.”

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