Pakistan Split Over U.S. Demand For Attack On Afghan Taliban -- McCltahcy News
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A section of the Pakistani military top command now agrees with Washington that the country's armed forces should be sent into the North Waziristan area, a sanctuary for al Qaida and Afghan insurgents, analysts and officials said Tuesday.
Due to resistance from the core army, however, any operation there could be half-hearted.
The Obama administration is pressuring Pakistan to follow its offensive against Pakistani Taliban in South Waziristan with a push against Afghan insurgents and al Qaida fighters based in North Waziristan, a territory controlled by the Haqqani network, widely seen as the most dangerous rebel group in Afghanistan.
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