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US has mentioned that any failure on leaving the increasing attacks on Pakistan unchecked can help Al Qaeda turn Pakistan its hub for developing and using biological and nuclear devices against the US.
"Pakistan remains the geographic crossroads for terrorism and weapons of mass destruction," said the bipartisan Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism in the "World at Risk" report on Thursday.
"Fear of continued turmoil in Pakistan reinforces the commission's concerns that the country could be an unwitting source of a terrorist attack on the United States - possibly with weapons of mass destruction," it said.
"Increasingly bold attacks on well guarded military, police, and UN targets indicate that the Taliban, Al Qaeda, and other militant groups within Pakistan are a growing threat," it said.
"The current trends, if left unchecked, will increase the odds that Al Qaeda will successfully develop and use a biological weapon or a nuclear device against the United States or its allies," it warned.
The report has even mentioned ways which can be adopted by the US for strengthening the non-proliferation regime as well as for improving relations with all the nations, especially with Russia. It has also called for implementing more effective policies for eliminating terrorists from Pakistan and put an end to the nuke programmes of Iran and North Korea.
The commission also recommended that President Barack Obama and the Congress should "implement a comprehensive policy toward Pakistan that works with Pakistan and other countries to eliminate terrorist safe havens, secure nuclear and biological materials, counter and defeat extremist ideology, and constrain a nascent nuclear arms race in Asia."
"The commission repeats the concern expressed in the report that 'soft' or 'smart' power is not the same thing as traditional foreign aid," the commission said, referring to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's resort to "smart power" in America's dealings.
"It means a complete reassessment and reconstruction of US capabilities to communicate effectively about American intentions, to assist in building grassroots democracy and economic institutions, and otherwise support American foreign policy using the civilian elements of national power," it said.
