U.S. considers Pakistan ‘non-NATO ally’ despite providing shelter to terrorists

The United States continues to consider Pakistan a non-NATO ally despite Pakistan providing shelter to terrorists. Pakistani authorities arrested low-level operatives amid international outrage and pressure after the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008.

As international attention turned elsewhere, Pakistan’s government halted the trials and cooperation with international law enforcement. However, Pakistan at no point started taking action against the senior Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders who planned the terror attacks, The National Interest reported. As per the news report, Pakistan still continues to shelter terrorists involved in the Mumbai attacks. Pakistan also continues to sponsor “Khalistan” in Punjab, the United States and Canada. Pakistan military and intelligence officers who have “American blood on their hands” from the war in Afghanistan continue to roam free. Islamabad even sheltered Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and would have continued to do so had the US administration informed them of its intelligence information about his presence in Abbottabad. The report called the Biden administration’s efforts to provide F-16 upgrade kits to Pakistan and receive senior Pakistani officers with full honours “bizarre.” Pakistan allowed China to access the stealth helicopter US Navy SEALs used during the Osama Bin Laden operation. It is not the only time that Pakistan has permitted Chinese military engineers to see US military technology.