In the course of her visit to Pakistan, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton blamed on Pakistani government they failed to detect al Qaeda, breakingnews.ie reports.

“I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldn’t get them if they really wanted to,” Clinton told Pakistani journalists. “Maybe that’s the case. Maybe they’re not gettable. I don’t know.”

“There was no immediate reaction from Pakistani officials, but the thrust of Mrs Clinton’s comments were startling, coming after months of lavish public comments from her and other American officials portraying Pakistan’s leaders as finally receptive to the war against militants inside their own country,” the source says.

A huge blast rocked Pakistani city of Peshawar just hours after Clinton’s arrival in the country, killing over 20 people and injuring 50 others.