Washington: Militant organisations are 'real cancer' within Pakistan and the nation has a challenge to eradicate terror forces within its borders, a top White House official said. "My view is that there is a real cancer within Pakistan, from the standpoint of militant organisations," John Brennan, Assistant to the US President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, said in his speech at the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.
"Whether you're talking about al Qaeda, whether you're talking about the Pakistani Taliban or TTP, Haqqani group, Lashkar-e-Toiba, others, there is I think a general recognition in the United States as well as throughout the world, that Pakistan has a real challenge ahead of it to uproot and eradicate the forces of militancy within Pakistan," he said in response to a question.
The official said "the Pakistani government and the Pakistani people have to be very honest with the challenge that they face domestically, that it is an area that has served as a training ground, as a launching pad to carry out attacks."
He said people of Pakistan are also victims of terror acts, which they witness on a 'daily basis'.
"Not just against other countries, against the United States - against Pakistanis. You know, men, women and children on a daily basis in Pakistan are being horrifically murdered by these, you know, attacks, suicide attacks. They're anything but suicide; they're homicide attacks. They kill by the scores."
Brennan hoped Pakistan government and other concerned institutions are going to become even more aggressive in taking the battle to the forces of militancy and terrorism.
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