The State Department says it is nearing a decision on whether to designate the Pakistan-based Haqqani network a foreign terrorist group. The move could further heighten tension with Pakistan, which has been accused of backing Haqqani’s operations in Afghanistan. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said a decision is coming soon.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: “With respect to the Haqqani network, we are in the final formal review that has to be undertaken to make a government-wide decision to designate the network as a foreign terrorist organization. But remember, we’ve already designated the key leaders. We have already—I did that some time ago to make it clear that the leaders of the organization fell under the foreign terrorist designation.”