Pak needs to do 'more' to deal with safe havens: AfPak envoy

New Delhi, Apr 29 (PTI) Making it clear that Pakistan
needs to do "more" to deal with the safe havens of terrorists
on its soil, US AfPak envoy Marc Grossman Friday said it will
help in bringing peace to Afghanistan.
On his maiden trip to New Delhi after being appointed
in February as US special representative to Afghanistan-
Pakistan, Grossman called on Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao
and held extensive consultations on the situation in the
region.
"There is always more to do and we are encouraging
Pakistan to do everything possible to deal with the safe
havens.....which will also play a big role in bringing peace
to Afghanistan," Grossman told reporters after his meeting
with Rao which lasted for nearly one-and-a-half hours.
Asked about the recent remarks of Chairman of US Joint
Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen accusing Pakistan's ISI of backing
Haqqani network, an Afghan Taliban group, he said, "I have
nothing to add or to subtract to whatever Mullen has already
said. We do a huge amount of work with Pakistan in countering
terrorism and extremism and that's what we will continue
doing."
Appointed after the sudden death of Richard Holbrooke,
Grossman since he was new to the job, it was important for him
to come to India and take advantage of the expertise and
experience of the "people here".
Apart from Rao, he will also be meeting other senior
officials, including Indian National Security Advisor
Shivshankar Menon before resuming his journey which will take
him to Kabul, Islamabad and Riyadh.
Giving some details of the meeting with Rao, the US
envoy said they discussed the Indo-US global partnership, its
future and their joint projects in Afghanistan.
"We have a lot of work to do together in Afghanistan
and some of that work is very important...," he said.
Recalling US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's
February speech at the Asia Society, Grossman said the
military surge in Afghanistan has been effective and Taliban
has been degraded but his worry was that being unable to do
much militarily, they might resort to terrorist attacks
targeting civilians and Afghan police.