US warns Pakistan to fix terror approach

Pakistan is being urged to change the way it approaches terrorism by the top US diplomat Rex Tillerson.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says Pakistan must adopt a different approach to terrorism and the United States will condition its support on Islamabad's delivering results in this area.

"There's been an erosion in trust because we have witnessed terrorist organisations being given safe haven inside of Pakistan to plan and carry out attacks against US servicemen, US officials, disrupting peace efforts inside of Afghanistan," Tillerson told reporters in the State Department on Tuesday.

"Pakistan must adopt a different approach, and we are ready to work with them to help them protect themselves against these terrorist organisations ... We are going to be conditioning our support for Pakistan and our relationship with them on them delivering results in this area."


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