US, Pak differ on the way to tackle Al Qaeda: Expert

The US and Pakistan differ on the way to deal with al Qaeda safe havens in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) bordering Afghanistan, because America is more focused on the global threat while Pakistan is more concerned with the local challenges, the Voice of America states in a recent report.

Lahore, July 28 : The US and Pakistan differ on the way to deal with al Qaeda safe havens in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) bordering Afghanistan, because America is more focused on the global threat while Pakistan is more concerned with the local challenges, the Voice of America states in a recent report.

The report quotes Daniel Markey who was with the South Asia Policy Planning staff at the State Department, as saying that both countries' different approaches to finish the terrorist camps in the tribal areas had let them down.

Analysts have said that any large-scale US incursion into the tribal areas is "highly unlikely", the Daily Times reported.

However, Markey said that the US is already involved in Pakistani operations indirectly.

Larry Goodson, Professor of Middle East Studies at the US Army War College, speculated that Pakistani officials might be allowing the US to conduct operations in Pakistan "in secret".

ANI