KABUL, Afghanistan – A top U.S. counterterrorism official said Saturday that parts of Pakistan are a “safe haven” for militants and Osama bin Laden was more likely to be hiding there than in Afghanistan.

Henry Crumpton, the U.S. ambassador in charge of counterterrorism, lauded Pakistan for arresting “hundreds and hundreds” of al-Qaida figures but said it needed to do more.

“Has Pakistan done enough? I think the answer is no. I have conveyed that to them, other U.S. officials have conveyed that to them,” he told reporters at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul after talks with Afghan officials.

The chief spokesman for Pakistan’s army, Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan, dismissed Crumpton’s assertion that Islamabad was not doing enough.

“It is totally absurd,” he said. “No one has conveyed this thing to Pakistan, and if someone claims so, it is absurd.”
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