The former president of Pakistan says he did not know Osama bin Laden was hiding there . `` Let me say with confidence , I did not know , '' Pervez Musharraf tells a Washington group . He just completed a visit there and said the relationship is at a difficult stage but the U.S. must continue efforts to work with Pakistan , recognizing what it has done in the fight against terror . Musharraf's comments come as the United States is trying to persuade Pakistani officials that they must crack down on militants who have been fighting U.S. forces in Afghanistan for more than two years.
The former president of Pakistan says he did not know Osama bin Laden was hiding there . `` Let me say with confidence , I did not know , '' Pervez Musharraf tells a Washington group . Musharraf's comments come as the United States is trying to persuade Pakistani officials that they must crack down on militants who have been fighting U.S. forces in Afghanistan for more than two years.