Afghans and Pakistanis "squeezing" Taliban and al Qaeda(US Asst Sec of State)

[maddezmom]

Source: Reuters

KABUL (Reuters) - Al Qaeda and Taliban militants on the Afghan-Pakistani border are increasingly facing pressure on two fronts and they can be squeezed with more coordination between the neighbors, a U.S. official said on Monday.

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"To some extent, the extremists in those areas are now fighting on two fronts," U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher told a news conference in Kabul.

"They have to deal with pressures from the Pakistan side and the pressure from the Afghan side. The more we can do that in concert with each other, the more squeezed the al Qaeda and Taliban supporters in those areas will feel," said Boucher who makes regular trips to both Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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A new Pakistani government, facing widespread opposition to Pakistan's alliance with the United States, has called for a reassessment of efforts against militancy and has said it will try to open negotiations with militants.

That has raised questions about Pakistan's security policy, especially with old U.S. ally President Pervez Musharraf, who has overseen security for years, politically weak since his allies were defeated in a general election in February.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080414/wl_nm/afghan_usa_dc

[LynnTheDem]

1. And Iraqis are tputting pressure on Iran. And there is no doubt.

Yellowcake.

Mushroom clouds.

We know where they are.

[bemildred]

2. More babble from the Amurkin foreign policy baboons. nt