WASHINGTON, (Reuters) — The
United States will have to consider all options "including defending
our troops" in confronting Pakistani support for militant networks
fighting U.S. soldiers in the region, a senator said on Sunday.
"We need to put Pakistan on notice," Sen. Lindsey Graham, a
Republican member of the Armed Services Committee said on "Fox News
Sunday."
U.S. military leaders said last week the Pakistani army's powerful
ISI spy agency supported the Haqqani militant group that Washington
blames for an attack on its embassy and other targets in Kabul,
Afghanistan. Pakistan denied the allegations.
Graham said Pakistan has to choose between helping the Haqqani
network and helping the United States fight al Qaeda in Afghanistan and
border regions of Pakistan.
"The idea of Pakistan's intelligence agencies supporting terrorism as a national strategy needs to come to an end," Graham said.
"It destabilizes Afghanistan. They're killing American soldiers. If
they continue to embrace terrorism as part of their national strategy
we're going to have to put all options on the table, including defending our troops."
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