The United States has again mounted pressure on Pakistan to take effective actions to curb the terrorist groups operating from its soil.

In his daily press briefing, the State Department Deputy Spokesperson Mark Toner, while answering a question on China blocking the ban called by India on Pakistan based Jamaat-Ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, who has been designated as terrorist by India as well, Toner said, “I would just say that we continue to urge Pakistan to take actions to combat and delegitimize all terrorist groups operating on its soil.”

By acknowledging that Pakistan has suffered greatly at the hands of terrorists and violent extremists, Toner said, “We want to help Pakistan confront this terrorist threat, but we also want Pakistan also to go after those terrorists who seek and sometimes find safe haven on Pakistan territory.”

The remarks have come a day after branding Hafiz Saeed as a avowed terrorist by the United States. It Asserted that both him and the Lashkar-E-Taiba are designated by the Barack Obama-led government and have the blood of several innocents on theirs hands.

By Prajakt K.