"U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) arrives with Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar (L) for a joint press conference after their talks in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, on Oct.21, 2011. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)ISLAMABAD, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday described the Taliban-linked Haqqani network a serious threat to both Afghanistan and Pakistan and urged Islamabad to take action against the "safe heavens" of all such groups on its soil.
"With respect to the Haqqanis, we both agreed that terrorism coming from any source is a threat to all of us. We expressed very clearly our concerns about 'safe heavens' on both sides of the border," Clinton told a joint news conference along with her Pakistani counterpart after their talks.
"We reasserted our commitment to doing more on the Afghan side of the border to try to eliminate 'safe heavens' that fuel insurgency and attacks inside Pakistan. And we asked very specifically for greater cooperation from Pakistani side to squeeze the Haqqani network and other terrorists because we know trying to eliminate terrorists on one side not going to work,"she said."
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