Pakistan is unreliable ally, says Joe Biden

Joe Biden has said Pakistan has been an unreliable ally of the US in the war against terror and asserted that it was in their interest to cooperate more.Biden, who spoke to CNN on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, said Pakistan has failed on occasion when forced to choose between the US and Al Qaeda.The price of Pakistans choices has been the loss of life of American soldiers in Afghanistan, he was quoted as saying on the CNN website.Islamabad has been very helpful in other times, he added. But its not sufficient. They have to get better. We need a relationship that is born out of mutual interest. And its in their interest that they be more cooperative with us. We are demanding it, he said.The US-Pak relations had dipped to the lowest level since the May 2 US military operation that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistans garrison city of Abbottabad.Pakistani authorities insist they did not know bin Ladens location.Despite troubles in Pakistan and elsewhere, the US is getting close to bringing about an end to organised, legitimised terrorist activities, Biden said.We have done great damage to ... Al Qaeda, he said. Satellite organisations have emerged in Somalia and elsewhere, he said, but they are less coordinated and less capable.And were relentless in pursuing them, he added. As a result, Americans are safer today than they were a decade ago, Biden asserted.