US to reassess ties with Pakistan over Afghanistan future, says Blinken

The US is going to be looking at its ties with Pakistan in the coming weeks to formulate the role America wants Islamabad to play in the future of Afghanistan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken informed Congress. During his first testimony in Congress after the Taliban seized control of Kabul, Secretary of State Blinken noted that Pakistan has "harboured" members of the Taliban including the terrorists from the proscribed Haqqani network.