US administration divided on relations with Pakistan

US administration divided on relations with Pakistan
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Summary A US newspaper claims that the US administration has been divided on future ties with Pakistan.

According to the newspaper, the scheduled visit of the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the end of this month is also in doldrums.Some officials in the White House have advocated strong action if Pakistan continues to refuse access to evidences found from Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad.But some officials in the administration have expressed the fear that talks with Taliban could fail without Pakistan’s help.The newspaper also claimed that telephonic talks of national security adviser Thomas Donilon and Admiral Mike Mullen with Pakistan Army chief also failed.The ties between two close partners on war against terror sharply deteriorated after the killing of Osama bin Laden in a unilateral operation of the US forces inside Pakistan.

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