Kandahar police chief tells US to force Pakistan to give up support to militants

The police chief of Afghanistan's Kandahar Province, General Abdul Raziq has reportedly called on the United States to force Pakistan to end its support to the anti-government armed militants to ensure and secure stability in the country.

According to a Khamma News Agency report,General Raziq was quoted, as saying, "The United States has enough information regarding Pakistan. We want the United States to increase pressure on Pakistan so that they give up support to the insurgent groups."

He was further quoted, as saying by Tolo News that, "The United States should step in and take actions to dismantle the terrorist safe havens in order to end the ongoing violence in Afghanistan."

He said the Afghan leaders should continue to their efforts to maintain stability through peace talks but the military should maintain crackdown on militants.

Officials in Afghanistan have been criticizing Pakistan for supporting and sheltering the anti-government armed militant groups waging violence in the country.

Pakistan's Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz has even admitted that Islamabad has influence on the Afghan Taliban leaders based Pakistan and for the first confirmed that some of the group's leaders are based in Pakistan, and that Islamabad can use its influence to bring these Taliban leaders to the negotiation table for peace talks.