Al-Qaeda's new chief Ayman al-Zawahiri is in Pakistan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in Kolkata on Monday. Egyptian
cleric al-Zawahri, took over the organisation after Osama bin Laden's
killing on May 2 last year by US Navy SEALs in Pakistan's Abbottabad
town.Clinton said: "We want to disable Al Qaeda. We believe Zawahiri is
in Pakistan." Speaking at an interaction, she said, "You have to go over
those who are trying to kill you. You have to be focused on that."
Referring to the 2008 Mumbai terror attack in which 166 people, including foreigners, were killed by 10 terrorists from Pakistan, Hillary Clinton said that she had authorised an award for Hafiz Saeed who was responsible for attacks in Mumbai.
Hafiz Saeed, founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, is accused of masterminding the Mumbai terror attacks. The US last month announced an award of up to $10 million for information leading to arrest and conviction of Saeed and $2 million for Hafiz Adbul Rahman Makki, under the Rewards for Justice programme, for information on the two terrorists."It may take longer than we like but we will stand with you and trying to make that happen," she added.
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has informed the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) that there is no information regarding the presence of Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in Pakistan.Khar said that if there was any information regarding his presence in Pakistan it should be shared. The Foreign Minister was responding to statements made by US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton who in Kolkata had said that the US believed al-Zawahiri was in Pakistan.
“Al-Qaeda is a mutual enemy of Pakistan and the US,” Khar said.
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Referring to the 2008 Mumbai terror attack in which 166 people, including foreigners, were killed by 10 terrorists from Pakistan, Hillary Clinton said that she had authorised an award for Hafiz Saeed who was responsible for attacks in Mumbai.
Hafiz Saeed, founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, is accused of masterminding the Mumbai terror attacks. The US last month announced an award of up to $10 million for information leading to arrest and conviction of Saeed and $2 million for Hafiz Adbul Rahman Makki, under the Rewards for Justice programme, for information on the two terrorists."It may take longer than we like but we will stand with you and trying to make that happen," she added.
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has informed the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) that there is no information regarding the presence of Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in Pakistan.Khar said that if there was any information regarding his presence in Pakistan it should be shared. The Foreign Minister was responding to statements made by US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton who in Kolkata had said that the US believed al-Zawahiri was in Pakistan.
“Al-Qaeda is a mutual enemy of Pakistan and the US,” Khar said.
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