<p>The future of Pakistan-US relations is closely linked to Islamabad's replies to questions that have been raised by al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's presence in Pakistan, Munter indicated in an interview to Geo News channel.<br /><br />Asked if the US will take unilateral action or work with Pakistan if there is actionable intelligence about the presence of Mullah Omar or al-Zawahiri in the country, Munter replied, </p>.<p>"We are committed to fighting this terrorism. Our friends in Pakistan are committed to exactly the same thing.</p>.<p>"The decision from Pakistan has to be can we do this together, can we work together as we should, as we are both committed to? That's what I'm saying, I think it can happen," he said.</p>.<p>Munter was speaking a week after US special forces gunned down bin Laden in a pre-dawn raid on a compound located a short distance from the Pakistan Military Academy in the garrison city of Abbottabad, just 80 kms from Islamabad.</p>.<p>The powerful military's apparent failure to detect bin Laden's presence in a city that is home to three regiments and thousands of soldiers has raised awkward and embarrassing questions for the civilian and military leadership.<br /><br />Pakistani officials have said they had no prior information about the "unauthorised unilateral action" by the US that resulted in bin Laden's death.</p>.<p>While acknowledging the importance of the killing of the al-Qaeda leader, they have said that the Pakistani military will respond if there is any similar operation by the US or any other country, including arch-rival India.</p>.<p>US President Barack Obama, who had acknowledged Islamabad's intelligence cooperation while announcing bin Laden's death, has now called on Pakistan to investigate the support network that was backing the al-Qaeda leader.</p>.<p>Afghan and US officials have for long claimed that Mullah Omar and al-Zawahiri are present in Pakistan, a charge denied by Pakistani officials.</p>
<p>The future of Pakistan-US relations is closely linked to Islamabad's replies to questions that have been raised by al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's presence in Pakistan, Munter indicated in an interview to Geo News channel.<br /><br />Asked if the US will take unilateral action or work with Pakistan if there is actionable intelligence about the presence of Mullah Omar or al-Zawahiri in the country, Munter replied, </p>.<p>"We are committed to fighting this terrorism. Our friends in Pakistan are committed to exactly the same thing.</p>.<p>"The decision from Pakistan has to be can we do this together, can we work together as we should, as we are both committed to? That's what I'm saying, I think it can happen," he said.</p>.<p>Munter was speaking a week after US special forces gunned down bin Laden in a pre-dawn raid on a compound located a short distance from the Pakistan Military Academy in the garrison city of Abbottabad, just 80 kms from Islamabad.</p>.<p>The powerful military's apparent failure to detect bin Laden's presence in a city that is home to three regiments and thousands of soldiers has raised awkward and embarrassing questions for the civilian and military leadership.<br /><br />Pakistani officials have said they had no prior information about the "unauthorised unilateral action" by the US that resulted in bin Laden's death.</p>.<p>While acknowledging the importance of the killing of the al-Qaeda leader, they have said that the Pakistani military will respond if there is any similar operation by the US or any other country, including arch-rival India.</p>.<p>US President Barack Obama, who had acknowledged Islamabad's intelligence cooperation while announcing bin Laden's death, has now called on Pakistan to investigate the support network that was backing the al-Qaeda leader.</p>.<p>Afghan and US officials have for long claimed that Mullah Omar and al-Zawahiri are present in Pakistan, a charge denied by Pakistani officials.</p>