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Summary US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen has said that Pak-US relations are still very tense.
In an interview with a British broadcasting agency, Admiral Mike Mullen again called on Pakistan to end safe havens for terrorists there. He said Pakistan must end a strategy of using proxies to foment violence.But he said that unless they moved against terrorists like the Afghan Haqqani network, it could affect relations between Washington and Islamabad.He admitted relations were still very strained in the wake of the secret US raid in May that killed Osama bin Laden and embarrassed the Pakistan military. But he said the answer was not to sever ties.Pakistan has always made it clear it has its own strategic interests and approaches in the region. Adm Mullen said he understood that, but in the long run he said a strategy of using proxies to foment violence had to change.
