Washington : Support for cutting off some US aid to Pakistan because leaders there turn a blind eye to terrorists who go after US targets is growing in US Congress, according to a key Senator.
"The continued harbouring of the Haqqani network and the Quetta Shura by the Pakistanis... represents a real problem in terms of continuing financial support for Pakistan," Carl Levin, the powerful chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee told reporters on Tuesday. "These are people killing us, and it's open. It's not like (slain Al Qaeda leader Osama) bin Laden when they deny they knew bin Laden was there for five years," he said. "That was pretty hard to accept but that's what they say. They don't say they don't know where the Haqqanis are. They do know where the Haqqanis are - they're in North Waziristan." Both the Haqqani network and the Quetta Shura have ties to the Pakistani Taliban. IANS