America worried over increasing extremism in Bangladesh, Donald Trump will take these steps

Washington: America is distressed to see increasing extremism in Bangladesh. A former White House official said that America has serious concerns about the growing extremism in Bangladesh. He also said that former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had controlled it well.

Lisa Curtis, former deputy assistant to US President-elect Donald Trump and who served as Senior Director of the National Security Council for South and Central Asia from 2017 to 2021, said this. Said on Thursday that Bangladesh is at a critical juncture.

There is much hope from the efforts to oust Sheikh Hasina from power and reform the political system. People hope that the democratic process will become stronger. But there is also a lot of concern, Curtis said in an interview to PTI. Some Islamic extremists have been released from prisons. There have been some attacks on minorities, Hindus, Christians.

Curtis said that we have seen the history of terrorism in Bangladesh. In 2016, Holi Bakery was attacked. This was a very serious incident. Some terrorists of ISIS i.e. Islamic State were present in Bangladesh.

Sheikh Hasina did a good job in controlling the extremist problem in Bangladesh. He said there is concern that these people will return to the political scene. Which will not be good for Bangladesh.

“It won't be helpful to the region as a whole, to the United States, or to anyone,” Curtis said. We are going through a critical period in Bangladesh. So even though it may not be Trump's first priority, I think his team, his national security team, has to pay attention to what's happening there.