WASHINGTON: Asserting that President Donald Trump will no longer \"tolerate\" any support to militants, US National Security Adviser Gen H R McMaster today asked Pakistan to change its \"paradoxical\" policy of supporting selective terror groups. <\/p>\n
US officials have often accused Pakistan of helping the militants, a charge Islamabad denies. <\/p>\n
\"The president has also made clear that he, that we need to see a change in- in behaviour of those in the region, which includes- those who are providing safe haven and support bases for the Taliban, Haqqani Network and others,\" the National Security Advisor, McMaster, was quoted by MSNBC as saying. <\/p>\n
\"This is Pakistan in particular that we want to- that we want to really see a change in and a reduction of their support for these groups,\" he said, in response to a question on Afghanistan and terrorism in the region. <\/p>\n
He said that Trump is making clear that the US will no longer \"tolerate\" any support for the Taliban or related groups. <\/p>\n
\"Of course, you know, a very paradoxical situation, right, where Pakistan is taking great losses. They have fought very hard against these groups, but they've done so really only selectively,\" he said. <\/p>\n
Pakistan's two neighbours both India and Afghanistan have accused it of being selective in its war against terrorism. <\/p>\n
McMaster said that Trump has lifted restrictions on US armed forces in Afghanistan. <\/p>\n
He also defended Trump's strategy on winning the war in Afghanistan by giving unrestricted powers to the US military based in the war-torn country. <\/p>\n
\"The president has said that, \"He does not want to place restrictions on the military that undermine our ability to win battles in combat\". <\/p>\n
\"He has lifted those restrictions, and you are beginning to see the payoff of that as well,\" the top US national security advisor said. <\/p>\n
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