WASHINGTON: A top US senator pressed Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton to add the Haqqani network to a formal terrorism blacklist,
citing recent attacks in Afghanistan.
“I request that the State
Department take the additional step of listing the network as a Foreign
Terrorism Organization and look forward to receiving your response,”
said Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein.
Feinstein, a Democrat, said “there is no question that the Haqqani network meets the standards” for joining the list.
“It
conducts attacks against US targets and personnel in Afghanistan, and
poses a continuing threat to American, Afghan, and allied personnel and
interests,” she said in a statement. Online
