Apparently, Obama's action had been prompted by the Commander of the US and North Atlantic Treat Organisation's forces in Afghanistan, General David McKiernan, who had sought an urgent beefing up of troops in the country.
Haqqani, disturbed by the growing contention in US that the Zardari government had no viable strategy to fight terrorism and extremism, pointed out, "Some validly argue that Pakistan has been paying a very heavy price for fighting terrorism."
"An argument can be made that more Pakistanis have died in terrorist attacks and more Pakistani soldiers have been killed while fighting militants and terrorists," he said.
Haqqani added, "If the US, instead of saying, 'Your problems are your problems, and by the way, why don't you address our issues,' if instead of doing that, the US says, 'We understand that they are integrated and interconnected and we would like to facilitate the resolution of these issues,' then that will be a very positive thing."
Image: A file photograph of US Vice President Joe Biden and International Security Assistance Force Commander General David McKiernan during a briefing on activities of coalition forces in southern Afghanistan at Kandahar.
Photograph: ISAF/Reuters
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