Washington: Top United States military officer Admiral Mike Mollen has said that the US and Pakistan cannot afford to let security ties unravel despite Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence has link with Afghan militant group.
Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff acknowledged that “we’ve had a very turbulent time,” but added that despite the tensions, all sides acknowledged the relationship was vital.
“I think that all of us believe that we cannot afford to let this relationship come apart,” Mullen said, referring to US and Pakistani military and intelligence chiefs.
“It’s just too dangerous. It’s too dangerous, in each country, for each country. It’s too dangerous for the region.”
He acknowledged that the relationship was difficult, but added: “We walk away from it at our peril, quite frankly.”
Mullen accused that ISI maintaining ties with the Haqqani network, an issue that Mullen said he would again raise in talks Wednesday with Pakistan’s army chief, General Ashfaq Kayani during the visit to Pakistan.
“We’re working our way through the relationships that the ISI has with the Haqqani network and the strain that that creates,” Mullen said, even as he cited battlefield gains reducing the group’s mobility.
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