ISLAMABAD – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused Pakistan ofharboring terrorists and said that the US administration “needs Pakistan todo more”.

“We need Pakistan to do more,” Pompeo told *Fox Newslink*. The USsecretary of state claimed that the terrorists who “departed from Pakistan”was the reason behind the conflict between Pakistan and India.

“We saw what happened with India, the conflict that arose there as a resultof terrorists that departed from Pakistan,” Pompeo said. “We need thePakistanis to step up. They need to stop harboring terrorists.”

The US secretary of state was apparently commenting on recent tensionsbetween Pakistan India which arose after the February 14 suicide attack onIndian troops in the Pulwama area of Indian-Administered Kashmir.

The attack was reportedly claimed by the Jaish-e-Mohammad, a militant groupled by Masood Azhar.

The Pakistan Air Force shot down two Indian fighter jets over Kashmir onFebruary 27 a day after Indian planes violated Pakistani air space.

An Indian pilot, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, was also captured butwas later released by PM Imran Khan’s government as a “gesture of peace”.