Washington, July 08: The Obama Administration has maintained that it is receiving significant counter-terrorism contribution from Pakistan, even as a fresh chargesheet filed by the US Department of Justice revealed that al-Qaeda is still running terrorist training camps in that country.
The plot to bomb New York’s subway system, uncovered in September 2009, was directed by the al-Qaeda leadership in Pakistan, the Justice Department said.
The eleven-page chargesheet, which was filed in a New York federal court, said that five of the accused had received training from al-Qaeda in Waziristan in 2008 and early 2009.
US prosecutors have accused al-Qaeda leadership of directing the accused to attack the New York subway system last year.
State Department spokesman Mark Toner, however, said the United States has received “significant counter-terrorism co-operation” from Pakistan.
David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, said these charges underscore the global nature of the terrorist threat.
–PTI