Washington, May 13: With footprints of the recent terror plots in the US being traced to Pakistan, President Barack Obama has said that al-Qaeda and Taliban continue to plot from the Af-Pak border region, a “safe haven” for terrorists.
Obama, who expressed his resolve to dismantle, disrupt and defeat the extremist network in the region, said that Afghanistan’s efforts against the menace of terrorism will have an impact on the US and the entire world.
“As we’ve seen in recent plots here in the United States, al-Qaeda and its extremist allies continue to plot in the border regions between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and a growing Taliban insurgency could mean an even larger safe haven for al-Qaeda and its affiliates,” he said last night.
—–PTI