Washington:
Pakistan continues to tolerate and abet the insurgency in Afghanistan, particularly the Haqqani terror network, as it aims for a Pak-friendly government in Kabul with limited Indian influence, the US said on Friday in a key report prepared for the American Congress.
The Obama administration informed the US Congress that Pakistan continues to play its dubious role inside Afghanistan.
In its first report on Afghanistan sent to the Congress after Leon Panetta took over as the Defense Secretary a few months ago, the Pentagon said Pakistan continues to tolerate and abet the insurgency in Afghanistan, particularly the Haqqani terror network.
"Enabled safe havens inside Pakistan, the insurgency remains resilient with a notable operational capacity, as reflected in isolated high-profile attacks in Kabul and sustained violence levels in eastern Afghanistan," the Pentagon said in its six-monthly report to the Congress on the progress being made in Afghanistan in the war against terror.
"Pakistans selective counterinsurgency operations, passive acceptance and in some cases provision of insurgent safe havens, and unwillingness to interdict material such as IED components, continue to undermine security in Afghanistan and threaten ISAFs campaign," the Pentagon said.
Acknowledging that there is strain in its relationship with Islamabad, the 138-page report said overall, Pakistan continues to seek a government in Afghanistan friendly to Pakistan with limited Indian influence, and a political settlement that enables pro-Pakistani Pashtun power brokers to participate in provincial and national government.