The war on terror has made the world less safe and social grievances that helped recruit terrorists were not being addressed, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, a close ally of the US in its fight against terrorism, said today.In an interview with BBC’s Newsnight programme, it was suggested to Musharraf the world was less safe —— in part because of the campaign. ‘‘Absolutely,” he said, adding ‘‘the social grievances that helped recruit terrorists are not being addressed.’’‘‘We are not addressing the core problems,’’ Musharraf who arrived here from Washington yesterday after meeting US President George W Bush said. Musharraf, is on a two-day official visit to the UK, said: ‘‘We can never address terrorism in its totality. We are fighting it in its immediate context, but we are not fighting it in its strategic, long-term context.’’He said a war on terror needed to combat the political disputes and social inequalities that gave rise to extremism.‘‘What gives rise to a young man or woman to give up heror his life? It is the political disputes and we need to resolve them and also illiteracy and poverty.‘‘These combined are breeding grounds of extremism and terrorism.’’
