Hilary Clinton expresses concern over nuclear suicide bombers from Pakistan

Concerns over the possibility of Pakistan’s nuclear weapon falling into the hands of jihadist have been expressed by Hillary Clinton. She said it was a threatening scenario.

"Pakistan is running full speed to develop tactical nukes in their continuing hostility with India," the former secretary of state told a close door fundraiser in Virginia in February, The New York Times reported, citing 50-minute audio being hacked from the Democratic Party's computers.

"But we live in fear that they're going to have a coup, that jihadists are going to take over the government, they're going to access to nuclear weapons, and you'll have suicide nuclear bombers. So, this could not be a more threatening scenario," the daily quoted Clinton as saying in the audio that appeared on The Washington Free Beacon website.

Clinton while responding to a question on mordenisation of nuclear weapons said that she is worried about emerging nuclear arms race."This is one of the most dangerous developments imaginable," Clinton said.

Such statements from the former secretary of state gained significance because of an interview of Pakistani Defence Minister Khwaja Muhammad Asif to the local TV channel. The Pakistani defense minister threatened to unleash nukes on India.

"If our safety is threatened, we will annihilate them (India)," Asif had said.

US however, took a strong note of Asif’s recent statements on nuclear weapons usage. "Nuclear capable states have the responsibility to exercise restraint regarding nuclear weapons and missile capabilities," a state department official told PTI when asked about the statements being made by the Pakistani leader.

Earlier, wall street journal also warned that Pakistan increasingly risks becoming a "pariah state" if it continues with policies. It said that Pakistan needs to shut down the terror groups it supports so as to an escalation of violence
"Both groups are supported by its military despite being on United Nations lists of terrorist organizations," the daily said in the hard-hitting opinion piece, a day after India carried out surgical strikes in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir against terrorists planning to sneak into the country.

The Journal also noted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered closer economic and diplomatic ties to Pakistan as long as it stops supporting terrorism.

Pakistan, it argued, needs a new vision centered on improving the lives of its people.
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