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I will not tolerate militant sanctuaries in Pakistan: Obama

KABUL: United States Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Sunday he would not tolerate militant sanctuaries in Pakistan, which NATO blames for the spike in violence inside eastern Afghanistan. “I will push Pakistan very hard to make sure that we act against such training camps,” he said, adding, “I think it’s absolutely vital to the security interests of both the United States and Pakistan.” Obama called the situation in Afghanistan “precarious and urgent” after meeting Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday during an overseas trip meant to burnish his foreign policy credentials. Speaking in a TV programme, he said Afghanistan was the number one front in the war on terror, adding that Washington needed to “finish the job” that began when coalition forces ousted the Taliban from Afghanistan. reuters

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