Zardari says he plans to go after Taliban

New York, Sept 29 (PTI) New Pakistan President Asif Ali
Zardari has said that he intends to "go after Taliban and
other radical forces in his country" as well as "handle"
powerful bodies like the Inter-Services Intelligence (I.S.I.).

"It is my decision that we will go after them (Taliban),
we will free this country," Zardari said, asserting that this
will be his first priority, "because I will have no country
otherwise. I will be President of what?"


Labelling Taliban and other radical forces as a "cancer
in the society", Pakistan President minced no words to say "I
will suck the oxygen out of their system so there will be no
Talibs."

Asked if the assassination of his wife was motivating him
to confront Islamic militancy, he said, "Ofcourse. It is my
revenge. I take it every day."

"I will fight them because they are the cancer to my
society, not because of my wife only but because they are
cancer, Yes and they did kill the mother of my children, so
their way of life is what I want to kill."

Asked if he was afraid, 53-year-old Zardari, in an
interview to the New York Times, said, "I'm concerned. I'm not
afraid. Because I don't want to die so soon, I have a job to
do."

The paper said that Zardari had a tough job ahead as "if
Pakistan was the most dangerous country in the world, its
Presidency is one of the world's least enviable post."