Zawahiri in Pak tribal area: Panetta
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has alleged Qaeda's new chief al-Zawahiri is in Pak tribal area.
The "strategic defeat" of Al-Qaeda is "within reach", US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said Saturday as he arrived on a surprise visit to Afghanistan as the US prepares a gradual drawdown of troops.
Ahead of his arrival, Panetta told travelling media that since the May night raid by US forces in Pakistan that killed Osama Bin Laden, "10 to 20" key Al-Qaeda targets had been identified between Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and north Africa.
He said: "We have to continue to emphasise with the Pakistanis that in the end it s in their interest to be able to go after these targets as well. They ve given us some cooperation, they re going after some of these targets, we ve got to continue to push them to do that."
"If we can go after them, I think we really can strategically defeat Al-Qaeda," said Panetta, who leads the Pentagon after two years as CIA chief.
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US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has alleged Qaeda's new chief al-Zawahiri is in Pak tribal area.
The "strategic defeat" of Al-Qaeda is "within reach", US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said Saturday as he arrived on a surprise visit to Afghanistan as the US prepares a gradual drawdown of troops.
Ahead of his arrival, Panetta told travelling media that since the May night raid by US forces in Pakistan that killed Osama Bin Laden, "10 to 20" key Al-Qaeda targets had been identified between Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and north Africa.
He said: "We have to continue to emphasise with the Pakistanis that in the end it s in their interest to be able to go after these targets as well. They ve given us some cooperation, they re going after some of these targets, we ve got to continue to push them to do that."
"If we can go after them, I think we really can strategically defeat Al-Qaeda," said Panetta, who leads the Pentagon after two years as CIA chief.
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