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The U.S. decision to blacklist the Haqqani Network may increase tensions with Pakistan, where the militant group has bases, substantial economic activities and ties to the country’s intelligence services.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is blacklisting as terrorists the Haqqani Network, a militant group responsible for some of the deadliest attacks on Americans in Afghanistan.
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The Obama administration is likely to tell Congress that the Haqqani network meets the criteria for being declared a foreign terrorist group, three U.S. government officials said, stopping short of saying such a designation would be made immediately.
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Republican and Democratic lawmakers are urging U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to designate a militant group behind attacks on NATO forces in Afghanistan as a “foreign terrorist organization,” an action which might further strain U.S. relations with Pakistan.
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The Obama administration is in the final stages of a “formal review” on whether to declare the Pakistan-based Haqqani group a “foreign terrorist organization,” U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.
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– The political pressure on President Barack Obama to speed the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan has grown since the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and is complicating his second goal in the region: getting Pakistan to move against Taliban operations on its side of the border.
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The ouster yesterday of Pakistan’s envoy to Washington marks a victory for the nation’s military and spy services in a power struggle with elected leaders that may strain U.S. relations, former U.S. officials said.
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Pakistan stepped up its protests over a NATO airstrike that killed 24 of its soldiers, deciding to boycott an international conference on Afghanistan to be held in Germany next week.
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The U.S. is taking a more demanding approach to Pakistan since Osama bin Laden’s May 2 death, pressing for increased counterterrorism cooperation just as the Pakistani public and the nation’s powerful officer corps are calling for less.
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Protests in Pakistan sparked by Osama bin Laden ’s killing have drawn smaller crowds than those over U.S. drone attacks, showing that the al-Qaeda leader failed to win broad support even amid widespread anti-American sentiment.
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