Video: Panetta pressures Pakistan to root out insurgents

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, during a surprise visit to Afghanistan, said Pakistan must not provide safe havens to insurgents from neighboring Afghanistan. NBC?s Atia Abawi reports.

>> of the strongest words yet from defense secretary leon panetta directed at pakistan . panetta said pakistan must not provide safe havens to insurgents from neighboring afghanistan . he made those remarks during a surprise visit to afghanistan .

>> we are reaching the limits of our patience. and for that reason, it is extremely important that pakistan take action from allowing terrorists to use their country as a safety net in order to conduct the attacks on our forces.

>> a senior u.s. official acknowledged today that the recent increase in those drone stiks on insurgents and pakistan is due in part to the frustration with islamabad.

>> reporter: absolutely. panetta has had some very tough words on pakistan . the big frustration is that you don't believe that pakistan is doing enough to fight the insurgents within their borders, including the hakani network, a notorious organization responsible for much of the death and bloodshed we see in afghanistan . the suicide bombings, the roadside bombs that take both coalition and civilian lives. also, some people are saying panetta's remarks are a bit hip critical. an organize like this network isn't even on the u.s. terror list. there are individuals within the network that are on the terrorist list but the organization as a whole is not. some believe that is because the u.s. still wants to negotiate with the haqqanis in the future. and if they're on the terror list, they wouldn't be able to do that.

>> live for us in afghanistan , thank you.

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