Washington: Confronted with the Taliban offensive, Pakistan is beginning to recognise that viewing India as a "mortal threat" is misguided and that its biggest threat came internally, US President Barack Obama said on Thursday while voicing "grave concern" over the "very fragile" government in Islamabad and the situation in the country.
Notwithstanding the developments in Pakistan, Obama was confident that its nuclear weapons will not fall into militant hands. "I am confident, we can make sure that Pakistan's nuclear arsenal is secure.
"I am gravely concerned about the situation in Pakistan, not because I think that they're immediately going to be overrun and the Taliban would take over in Pakistan," Obama, who completed 100 days in the White House today said at his third press conference since assuming office on January 20.
"I'm more concerned that the civilian government there right now is very fragile and don't seem to have the capacity to deliver basic services... for the majority of the people," Obama said in a critical assessment of the Zardari-led government in Islamabad.
Obama said he was more concerned that the civilian government in Pakistan "did not seem to have the capacity to deliver basic services: schools, health care, rule of law, a judicial system that works for the majority of the people."
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