Taliban and Al-Qaida militants are still freely operating in Pakistan's restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan and the Bush Administration does not have a coherent plan to destroy terrorist safe havens in the region, a US government agency has said.
"The United States has provided Pakistan... more than USD 10.5 billion for military, economic, and development activities. Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), which borders Afghanistan, are vast un-policed regions attractive to extremists and terrorists seeking a safe haven," the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said.
The report, which was requested by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the Bush Administration does not have a coherent plan to destroy terrorist threats and safe havens in the border regions of Pakistan.
It stressed that since 2002, destroying the terrorist threats and eliminating the terrorist safe havens have been key national security goals.
The report said the US has not met its national security goals to destroy terrorist threats and close the safe havens in Pakistan's FATA. Since 2002, the US relied principally on the Pakistan military to address US national security goals.
"Of the approximately USD 5.8 billion the United States provided for efforts in the FATA and border region from 2002 through 2007, about 96 per cent reimbursed Pakistan for military operations there," the report added.
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