Pakistan, facing growing pressure internally and from the United States about the relationship between the two countries, is weighing how to respond to U.S. demands that it do more to help stop the fighting in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
U.S. envoys have renewed calls on Pakistan to crack down on the Haqqani militant network that has attacked U.S. forces in Afghanistan, pressure\u00a0Taliban<\/a>\u00a0insurgents to begin peace talks and hand over a doctor jailed for helping the CIA track\u00a0Osama bin Laden<\/a>\u00a0at his hideaway outside the Pakistani capital.<\/p>\n The long-standing U.S. demands have taken on fresh urgency since\u00a0President Trump<\/a>declared<\/a>\u00a0last month that Pakistan must \u201cchange immediately\u201d its policy of harboring the Taliban and other militant groups challenging the U.S.-backed government in neighboring Afghanistan.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s comments, along with his support for Pakistan\u2019s rival India to play a greater role in Afghanistan, have spooked Pakistani officials. Some are wondering whether their years-long, multibillion-dollar alliance with the United States will survive the new U.S. administration.<\/p>\n