KABUL - Washington once again criticized Islamabad for not taking firm action against the Haqqani Network which is accused of conducted ongoing attacks on Afghanistan.

Susan Elizabeth Rice, the U.S National security Advisor, called on Pakistan to stop terrorist networks from carrying out attacks on Afghanistan from within their borders. This came during her visit to Islamabad.

Meanwhile, President Ashraf Ghani's spokesman Sayed Zafar Hashemi said that: "Such expressions stamp Afghanistan's legitimacy status - that Afghanistan is a victim of terrorism."

But Pakistani analysts reject such claims and maintain that their country's military policies toward Afghanistan are in support of bringing peace and security.

"Pakistan is ensuring the security in Afghanistan and practically proves that they sincerely try," said Latif Afridi a Pakistani political analyst.

This comes after Washington recently cut its $1 billion USD aid program to Islamabad on the back of their decision that Pakistan was not working at doing enough towards counter-terrorism operation in north Waziristan in a bid to squash Haqqani.

The US has been reimbursing Pakistan for operations and maintenance costs incurred in direct support of its operations in Afghanistan since 2001. So far $13 billion USD has been reimbursed to Pakistan under this arrangement. (Tolonews)