Pakistan not an ally, but a threat: US think tank
Accusing Pakistan of providing a breeding ground to banned terror groups Taliban and Haqqani network, US think tank CSIS said that "Pakistan is more of a threat than an ally". US should make it clear to Pakistan that it faces a total end to aid, and the imposition of sanctions, if it continues to support terrorism, the think tank added.
Pakistan continues to provide breeding ground to banned terror groups such as the  Taliban and Haqqani network despite, a top US think tank has said, adding that Islamabad must be told that it faces the risk of sanctions if it fails to take decisive action against terror operators. "Afghanistan is currently doing badly both in the fighting and in its civilian politics, governance, and poverty. Pakistan is still a sanctuary for the Taliban and Haqqani network and more of a threat than an ally," the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said in a report.The report by Anthony H Cordesman, CSIS's Arleigh A Burke, Chair in Strategy, said there has to be a better strategy and a better approach to both the military and civil dimensions of the war to provide a reason to stay."No commitment should be open ended. The Afghans have to do far more, and do it far better, to justify each future year of US commitment," it said."The United States should make it clear to Pakistan that it faces a total end to aid, and the imposition of sanctions, if it continues to support the Taliban and tolerate the Haqqani network," the report added.'RUSSIA SHOULD STOP SUPPORTING TALIBAN'Russia should be told that any end to US sanctions will depend on it not supporting the Taliban, and the Unites States should reach out to China to make it clear that Chinese cooperation in dealing with Afghanistan and Pakistan can serve both Chinese and American interests, the report said.CSIS said the US should make it totally clear that it will conduct a public annual review of its commitments to Afghanistan and the Afghan performance."It should make it clear that it can and will leave in the face of Afghan failure. If necessary, the United States should make good on such a threat," it said."It should send a clear message to all 'partner states' that they must meet reasonable standards of performance. The United States should never bully its allies, but it also should not be bullied -- or let nations slip into the kind of overdependence that ultimately undermines rather than aids them," the CSIS said. (With inputs from PTI) ALSO READ:One of London attackers was a known radical Islamist: Reports