The United States on Thursday said it “strongly and vehemently” supports the NSG clean waiver for India and hoped that the civil nuclear deal between the two countries will continue to move in a positive direction.

The US had told Pakistan that it now needed to act against the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT), US ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer said on Tuesday while stressing that his government had been building enormous pressure on Islamabad to target terror havens in its territory.

Underlining that Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan, US envoy Timothy J. Roemer on Wednesday said Washington will take a "hard look" at the assistance being given to the country and pressed Islamabad to do more to bring the terrorists who attacked Mumbai to book.

Terming as a "matter of concern" the fact that Osama bin Laden was found near Islamabad, the US on Wednesday said it would like to go to the bottom of this issue and also ensure that the aid given to Pakistan is used to target Lashker-e-Tayyaba along with Al Qaeda.

US ambassador Timothy J. Roemer on Friday declined to comment on the WikiLeaks report on the purported purchase of opposition MPs ahead of the confidence vote in 2008.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Saturday inducted the first of the six Lockheed Martin C-130J super hercules aircraft into its transportation fleet that is expected to give a major boost to the armed forces' reach in their specialist operations behind enemy lines.