The terror attacks in the US this week highlight the need to counter terrorist activity around the world with more pressure on insurgent safe havens and groups or countries linked to terrorists, Afghan analysts said Wednesday.
Acknowledging that the person or group behind the US attack has not yet been identified, Afghan analysts said Wednesday that what happened at the Boston city marathon on Monday is an ongoing threat for America and many countries around the world, and the threat in many cases has been identified.
"They should not be satisfied with some trivial political and economic pressure. There should be economic, political and military pressure on the havens of terrorism. They should honestly put pressure and destroy them and even put the countries that support them on the black list of the United Nations Security Council, especially Pakistan," military analyst Nurol Haq Olomi told TOLOnews.
University lecturer Nasrullah Stanekzai called on the US to review its policy towards countries harbouring insurgents.
"In my opinion, the United Sates should bring policy changes and destroy their havens and bases, otherwise Americans should know that this war will knock at the door of every American," he said.
A citizen of the US who is living in Afghanistan suggested that there needs to be more dialogue between the US and the Muslim world to prevent misunderstandings and people joining extremist groups.
"I think that Americans need to think about why there is so much hostility between the US, between the West and the Muslim World. They need to look the ways that they can build bridges which will stop people being interested in joining a group like Al Qaeda," Heather Barr, who also works for Human Rights Watch told TOLOnews.
An Afghan citizen who recently returned to Kabul from the US pointed out that Monday's attack may not have been an Islamic group at all, but rather a domestic group as has been seen in recent years.
"In the last ten years, the efforts of right-wing groups were more focused on launching attacks inside the US than any of those with links to Al Qaeda. Therefore it is likely that the Boston attacks were launched by an internal groups from the US," analyst Ahmad Shuja said.
At least three people were killed and more than 140 others injured after two makeshift bombs exploded at a crowded sporting event in the Boston city on Monday.