Colin Campbell, Press TV, Washington
After more than a 10-year slog in Afghanistan, US-led NATO troop presence in the region may sustain for years to come. A bipartisan report released by Congressional members may indicate that financing for war in the region may spread to Pakistan. Critics are reacting.
The national outcry for the end to war in Afghanistan has led to the surge of drone attacks, which have seen an increase in Pakistan since President Obama came into office. Some experts say that more hawkish members of Congress are beating the drum of war with Pakistan as the country has shown resistance to US control.
To further complicate matters, Al-Qaeda members released a video of a 70-year old American pleading for his life in Pakistan. State Department spokesman Mark Toner says the Obama administration is very concerned about the American aid worker’s fate, but negotiations for his life are sensitive.
Meanwhile, never leaving a crisis go to waste as some beltway insiders say, NATO allies are urging the international community to fight militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan by giving money and aid.
But relations between the US and Pakistan are questionable.
US-Pakistan tensions remain high despite their need to forge a solid relationship. The us has provided a total of $4.5 billion to Pakistan in 2010 alone but congress is rethinking that aid as the future for the country’s
diplomacy is uncertain Download
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