Washington: United Senator senators Dianne Feinstein and Max Baucus have urged Hillary Clinton and Robert Gates to review Pakistan’s aid.
The US senators have urged Secretary of State and Defence Secretary to make sure Pakistan is doing its maximum to combat militants before disbursing more US security aid to the country.
The Democrat lawmakers wrote Clinton and Gates a letter in wake of the raid in which US special commandos found and killed al Qaeda Leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad. “We recognise the strategic importance of Pakistan,” wrote the group, which include Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus.
“However, we cannot overlook the logical conclusion of recent events, which is to question whether the Pakistani security establishment is ardently working to prevent terrorist groups from operating on Pakistani soil,” they said.
The senators called for reviewing Pakistan’s efforts to end its support for extremist groups, prevent al Qaeda, Taliban and others from operating on Pakistani soil, and bolster its counter-terrorism and anti money-laundering laws.
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