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The United States has urged Pakistan not to give sanctuary to terrorist organisations while Pakistan has demanded that the Trump administration address safe havens inside Afghanistan and its income from the narcotics trade.
The exchange took place Friday at a Security Council meeting on the issue of Afghanistan's relations with its Central Asia neighbours and the link between peace and security, according to AP.
US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan said the US cannot work with Pakistan if it continues to give sanctuary to terrorist organisations and need to stop this and join efforts to resolve the Afghan conflict.
Pakistan's Ambassador to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi strongly countered that Afghanistan and its partners, especially the US, need to address"challenges inside Afghanistan rather than shift the onus for ending the conflict onto others."
Lodhi said India accuses Pakistan of having a 'terrorist mindset' however, the arrest of the Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav proves that India is the harbinger of terrorism.
