Saturday, November 09, 2013

US targeted Baitullah Mehsud on Pakistan’s request: Husain Haqqani --- Washington: Pakistan's former ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani, in his book, has revealed that Islamabad has often asked the United States to use drones to eliminate Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan leaders.-- Former TTP chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a drone strike in 2009. -- He also revealed that US President Barack Obama secretly offered Pakistan in 2009 that he would nudge India towards negotiations on Kashmir in lieu of it ending support to terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Toiba and Taliban, but much to his disappointment Islamabad rejected the offer. -- This is Haqqani's interpretation of the secret letter written by President Obama to the then president Asif Ali Zardari, which was personally hand delivered by his then National Security Advisor Gen (rtd) James Jones. -- The letter's content is for the first time being disclosed by Haqqani, the then Pakistan's envoy to the US. - More, zeenews.india.com

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