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Summary US Defence Secretary says Pakistan has to take action against Haqqani safe havens.
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said Thursday that the United States was reaching the limits of its patience with Pakistan over the Haqqani network that attacks US troops in Afghanistan.Pakistan has to take action against safe havens used by the Haqqani network in its semi-autonomous tribal belt, Panetta told a news conference in Kabul. We are reaching the limits of our patience here, Panetta added.US Defence Secretary also said that in talks with Pakistan, the United States had made very clear, time and time again, the need to crack down on Haqqani network.Afghan and US officials have blamed the Haqqani network for some of the deadliest attacks of the 10-year war, including a brazen 18-hour assault on Kabul in April -- the biggest to hit the Afghan capital in a decade.
