Islamabad, June 19: Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has asked the United States to review its relationship with President Pervez Musharraf as he was not able to contain al-Qaeda and Taliban from re-grouping in Pakistan. In an interview to a news channel, Bhutto said under Musharraf's rule, al-Qaeda grew and attacked world trade center in US and despite the recent crack down, both al-Qaeda and Taliban regrouped in Pakistan and attacked coalition forces in Afghanistan.
"I would like Washington to review its close relationship with Pervez Musharraf. It is under Musharraff's watch that al-Qaeda attacked the World Trade Center.

"I am not saying he had something to do with it... But that it is under his watch that al-Qaeda attacked the World Trade Center," she said.

Bhutto said Musharraf promised to stop al-Qaeda fleeing into Pakistan. "They fled into Pakistan and they are still being caught. It is under his watch that the defeated Taliban have re-grouped and are attacking international peacekeepers in Afghanistan to drive them out of that country," she said.
Bhutto, in London to oppose Musharraf who is on a visit to Britain, said that Musharraf was not managing to cure Pakistan's religious extremists and the US support for him could weaken the country's political opposition.

Bhutto said that us was under the impression that by backing Musharraf it is going to save Pakistan from the rise of terrorism. "We think the opposite. The United States thinks that if anybody opposes General Musharraf they are really muddying the waters and making a worst for the war against terror." Bureau Report