US: Pak didn’t do ‘anything significant’ against terror

U.S.-SOUTH MILITARY DRILL MAY TRIGGER WAR: NORTH

Washington, Dec. 3: The US is not satisfied with Pakistan’s cooperation in the war against terror as it has not done “anything significant” to rein-in the Taliban and the Haqqani network and destroy their sanctuary on its territory as part of its promise, a senior White House official has said.

He also termed the release of Mumbai-terror attack accused Hafiz Saeed as “a step backward” in that direction.

The official said that the release of the Coleman family, held captive for five years by the Haqqani network, from inside Pakistan was “not an indication” of Islamabad’s cooperation with the US in the war against terrorism.

Based on the intelligence Seoul, Dec. 3: North Korea on Sunday blasted the United States and South Korea as “warmongers” on the eve of their largest-ever joint air exercise, saying it could trigger a nuclear war.

The comments came as White House national security adviser H.R. McMaster warned of the “increasing” possibility shared by the US, in October, the Pakistan Army rescued Caitlan Coleman, her husband Joshua Boyle and their three children after five of war with the impoverished but nuclear-armed North.

The five-day Vigilant Ace drill — involving around 230 aircrafts — begins from Monday, five days after the North test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of hitting the US mainland in a fresh challenge to Mr Trump. years of their abduction by terrorists having ties to the Afghan Taliban from the mountainous Kurram Valley region, bordering Afghanistan. — PTI