Barack Obama: the first year Hillary Clinton, US secretary of state, on Thursday said she found it “hard to believe” that members of the Pakistani government did not know where al-Qaeda leaders were hiding and could not “get at them if they really wanted to”.
Mrs Clinton’s blunt remarks, which infuriated officials in Pakistan, reflect Washington’s belief that al-Qaeda leaders, including Osama bin Laden, fled from Afghanistan to Pakistan in 2001-2002.
