Washington: The United States House of Representatives has voted for a bill pressing the Obama administration to designate the terror Haqqani network a militant organization, Associated Press reported on Tuesday.
According to reports, the measure passed Tuesday by voice vote. The bill would require the secretary of state Hillary Clinton to report to Congress on whether the Haqqani network meets the criteria to be designated a foreign terrorist organization and if not, to explain why.
The Haqqani network, largely operating in eastern Afghanistan and northwest Pakistan, is affiliated with both the Taliban and al-Qaida. U.S. officials say it represents one of the biggest threats to Afghanistan as stability as it is believed to use Pakistan as a rear base for attacks on coalition troops in Afghanistan.
Several deadly attacks on the high security zone of Kabul have been blamed on Haqqani network, which killed Nato and Afghan officials.
The Senate had approved a similar version of the bill, sponsored by Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., in December 2011.
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