Raheel Sharif asks US to bomb Taliban den in Afghan

Pakistan’s powerful Army Chief general Raheel Sharif has asked the US to target the hideouts of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakist-an militants and their chief Mullah Fazlullah in Afghanistan.

General Raheel made the demand during a high-level meeting with Commander Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan General John Nicholson and US special represe-ntative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Olson here on Friday. In a late night statement, the Army said that General Raheel demanded targeting of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan militants and Mullah Fazlullah in their hideouts in Afghanistan. “Raising the demand of targeting TTP and Mullah Fazlullah in their bases in Afghanistan, COAS reiterated Pakistan’s resolve not to allow hostile intelligence agencies’ efforts, especially RAW and NDS, of fomenting terrorism,” it said. It was the first visit of high-level officials from the US since fresh tension with Pakistan after the killing of the Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Mansour in Balochistan on May 21.