The United States supported on Tuesday Pakistan’s right to defend itself from terrorism, saying that the Pakistani people had “suffered tremendously” from such attacks as Washington repeated it call on the Afghan Taliban not to allow terrorist groups to use their soil to launch attacks abroad. The spokesperson was asked if Pakistan’s National Security Committee’s (NSC) statement this week indicated that Islamabad might resort to targeting terrorist safe havens across the border in Afghanistan if Kabul did not take the appropriate action. “We’re aware of the recent statement…,” Price replied. The forum sent an unequivocal message to the Afghan Taliban regime that Pakistan would not allow its neighbour to provide sanctuaries and facilitate terrorists. Pakistan’s security is uncompromisable and the full writ of the state will be maintained on every inch of the country.”Taliban ban on womenPrice said that the US had seen “repeated offenses” on the part of the Afghan Taliban, targeting women repeatedly.
