U.S. Prepared To Widen The War In Afghanistan By Increasing Attacks Into Pakistan

U.S. Weighs Taliban Strike Into Pakistan -- New York Times

WASHINGTON — President Obama and his national security advisers are considering expanding the American covert war in Pakistan far beyond the unruly tribal areas to strike at a different center of Taliban power in Baluchistan, where top Taliban leaders are orchestrating attacks into southern Afghanistan.

According to senior administration officials, two of the high-level reports on Pakistan and Afghanistan that have been forwarded to the White House in recent weeks have called for broadening the target area to include a major insurgent sanctuary in and around the city of Quetta.

Mullah Muhammad Omar, who led the Taliban government that was ousted in the American-led invasion in 2001, has operated with near impunity out of the region for years, along with many of his deputies.

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More News On This Widening Of The AfghanPak War

Pakistan dismisses report US may widen covert war -- AFP
U.S. weighs expanded covert war in Pakistan -report -- Reuters
US considers anti-Taliban strikes in SW Pakistan -- Khaleej Times
Obama May Widen Drone War Over Pakistan -- The Danger Room
Militants' safe sanctuaries in Pak must be eliminated: US Gen -- Press Trust Of India

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