US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is suggesting that Pakistan's government has squandered chances to kill or capture al Qaeda leaders. She made the remark in an interview Thursday with journalists during a trip to the city of Lahore. She later flew to the capital, Islamabad, for talks with army chief and additional meetings.

Clinton said al Qaeda has used Pakistan as a haven since 2002. She said she finds it hard to believe that nobody in Pakistan's government knows where the leaders of Osama bin Laden's terrorist network are hiding. She also said she finds it hard to believe that Pakistani authorities couldn't ``get them' if they wanted to.

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