U.S., NATO Press Pakistan To Fight Terror

Rice Says Pakistani Leaders Must Do More To Stop Militants Attacking Afghanistan

(CBS/AP)  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday that Pakistan should do more to stop the rise in terrorist violence in neighboring Afghanistan.

Rice said there has been an uptick in terrorism recently in Afghanistan, and that Islamabad must help in preventing militants from organizing attacks into Afghanistan from Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province.

Rice was speaking to reporters during a trip to Australia, whose foreign minister agreed Pakistan should help end militant activity in the restive border region between the two countries.

Meanwhile, NATO's secretary general more gently urged Pakistan to be involved in international attempts to end cross-border attacks into Afghanistan, as dozens of insurgents were reported killed in fresh violence.

Afghanistan faces intensifying militancy nearly seven years after the U.S.-led invasion ousted the hard-line Islamic Taliban movement from power. More than 2,700 people - most of them militants - have died in insurgency-related violence this year, according to an Associated Press tally of official figures.

President Hamid Karzai and other Afghan officials have blamed the growing insurgency in part on Pakistan, saying the government there does not do enough to root out militants using its largely lawless tribal regions as sanctuaries and bases from which to launch attacks.

But during a joint press conference with Karzai on Thursday, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said that simply blaming Pakistan for increased cross-border attacks is not the best method. He called for a regional approach to resolving the issue that would include Pakistan, which has defended its efforts to end militancy on its side.

"Only saying Pakistan is part of the problem or Pakistan is the problem might clear your conscience but will not help in solving the problem," de Hoop Scheffer said.

Karzai insisted that Afghanistan will not be secure unless militant sanctuaries in Pakistan are dealt with.

A major clash occurred Thursday after militants attacked an Afghan military convoy in Shah Joy district of Zabul province in the south, said deputy provincial police chief Jailani Khan.

Khan said the army called for assistance from the U.S.-led coalition and Afghan police, and the three forces surrounded the insurgents, killing 35, at least two of whom were Arabs. Five Taliban militants were arrested, he said.

"There was no report of any casualties among the coalition and Afghan forces," Khan said.

Other Afghan officials gave different death tolls for the battle. The varying figures could not be reconciled, and independent confirmation was impossible because of the insecure nature of the area.

Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, said at least 34 militants' bodies were counted on the field. The Ministry of the Interior, meanwhile, issued a statement saying 70 militants were killed, including two Arabs and four Chechens, and that four militants were arrested.

The U.S.-led coalition, meanwhile, said it had no immediate reports of any activity in the area involving its troops.

[tbweb]

Posted by terrorislamv at 10:14 PM : Jul 26, 2008,,,

lars, CBS can`t cancel your account enough! No matter how many times you get kicked off you change you user name and keep cutting and pasting the same nonsense! LOL
At least Post something new!

[mbievtea]

This would be the time for Pakistan to consider a couple of things: 1st, of course, is its national interest on a domestic front. I am sure that they face the inevitable conflict of doing the right thing, without creating a domestic catatrophe.

2nd, these Islamic thugs are losing. That''s right they are losing and if possible, we (and I mean all the nations "taking it to ''em") should kick it up a notch!

[husein_pasha]

The US is nobody. how can it press souvereign countries? Death for the American imperialism

[tbweb]

How come Obama did not talk to the Pakistanis?

Posted by donbl1 at 07:28 PM : Jul 25, 2008,,,

Silence is also a message!

[donbl1]

How come Obama did not talk to the Pakistanis?

[vietnam21]

We have spent way too much on foreign aid with billions and billions of dollars down the drain. The Democratss always complain but never looking after this budget because we have bunch off morons in control of Congress.

[hungry1968]

"Rice said there has been an uptick in terrorism recently in Afghanistan, and that Islamabad must help in preventing militants from organizing attacks into Afghanistan from Pakistan''s Northwest Frontier Province."




What a disaster every single aspect of this administration is.

We pay Pakistan BILLIONS of dollars in "aid" so they can help us fight terrorism, and they turn around and sign treaties and peace agreements with them, WHILE NOT ALLOWING our troops to hunt them down themselves. Basically, we''re paying them to harbor and protect the terrorists FROM US.

Like THAT makes any sense.

[liberalme]

Pakistan is the problem, not "part" of it. The army joins the terrorists, so it is hard to figure out which one is which. Send the liberals to fight this, make use of them doing something besides nothing, like our liberal do nothing congress.

Posted by zgomer at 12:36 PM : Jul 25, 2008

Why don''t you do a little research to see how many of your neocon buddies in Washington have EVER been in the military---then research the Libs who have been in the military.

I think we should send AWOL Bush and 5 deferrment Cheney, maybe the empty suit Rove and Gonzales would be willing to put on combat boots!! The chickenhawks!!

[vietnam21]

Won''''t affect your welfare check....don''''t worry


posted by jamesm12341

YOUR MAMA MUST BE ON WELFARE EH

[vietnam21]

The White House confirmed Thursday that it wants to shift 230 million dollars in aid to Pakistan from counter-terrorism programs to upgrading Islamabad''s aging F-16 fighter jets.

WHAT THE HEL*???

[vietnam21]

cut off 6 billions dollars in Aid.

[tawpdawg111]

PAKISTAN:

Maybe you didn''t hear the DUKE when he said "You''re either withus...........or aginus."

What''ll it be? (tapping foot, checking watch)

[whyafghan]

WELL BOTH CANDIDATES WANT TO STAY OVER THERE SO ANYONE AGAINST THE WAR IS IN A LOSE-LOSE SITUATION.
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Posted by iuphockey12

EXACTLY WHY THIS ELECTION NEEDS VIAGRA SINCE IT IS THE ELECTILE DISFUNCTION. AMERICANS ARE IN A LOSE-LOSE SITUATION.

[iuphockey12]

With the amount of wealth and lives lost over the last 7 years to now face what we face is beyond a doubt the worst management of a War in the history of man period!

Actually Vietnam was the worst managed conflict in our history, but Iraq was bungled the whole way. Now the question is how many lives and money will be wasted in Afghanistan?


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Posted by WhyAfghan

WELL BOTH CANDIDATES WANT TO STAY OVER THERE SO ANYONE AGAINST THE WAR IS IN A LOSE-LOSE SITUATION.

[whyafghan]

With the amount of wealth and lives lost over the last 7 years to now face what we face is beyond a doubt the worst management of a War in the history of man period!

Actually Vietnam was the worst managed conflict in our history, but Iraq was bungled the whole way. Now the question is how many lives and money will be wasted in Afghanistan?

[iuphockey12]

title of this article should be:

BUSH FAILS, BLAMES PAKISTAN

after 7 years, billions & billions, maybe 700''''000 dead, millions exiled.....still no OBL.....

has failure ever been clearer?






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Posted by neoconRcrazy

THEY WONT LET US INTO PAKISTAN TO SEARCH FOR OBL! BUT IF WE FORCED OUR WAY IN THE LIBS WOULD CONTINUE TO CALL US BULLIES! CLINTO IS THE REASON OBL IS STILL A LIVE ANYWAY

[neoconrcrazy]

title of this article should be:

BUSH FAILS, BLAMES PAKISTAN

after 7 years, billions & billions, maybe 700''000 dead, millions exiled.....still no OBL.....

has failure ever been clearer?

[neoconrcrazy]

the end story of this failed regime...a forged war in iraq - OBL still alive in Pakistan/Afghan region-

bush failed to avenge the cowardly attack on 9-11.

that''s his legacy.....

[tbweb]

Rice got this look on her face like I could put my foot knee deep in Musharraf''s asz! All that money we give Pakistan, he knows he''s suppose to be helping out fighting terror! On the surface it looks like Musharraf is soft on terror but the truth is it may be an admission by Musharraf his forces are not strong enough to really take them on without suffering heavy loses which Pakistan already has, in which case he should accept outside help, the terror can''t be allowed to fester!

[skyk-2009]

Some do. Some whites stick together too. What does this mean? Nothing really. If you want to make a racists comment, you really ought to be more clear.

Posted by IRLiberal at 07:48 AM : Jul 25, 2008

LOL It seems that''s the level they have gotten too. The debate on issues and such has is gone. The debate on the course of the nation is no more. What we now have is statements like this, intended to create fear in the weakest. The soul purpose is to increase that 43% number of people voting for McCain because they consider him to the the lesser of "Two Evils". When you have fallen to THIS level at THIS point in the champaign, I''d say there isn''t much else you can do.