Analysis: Pakistan Zardari's administration have been cooperating with US forces to pursue Islamic militants in its territory of FATA and securing borders with Afghanistan making Taliban cross border movements slight abnormal and on Islamic militants towards its neighboring Kashmir, India, Zardari has an amnesia on this aspect. Had Zardari's predecessor Pervez Musharraf been in line with US forces on Afghan war, the situation would have been contained, instead after ten years of 9/11, ISAF required more reinforcement of fresh troops, in 2010 Obama's administration and NATO obliged with extra 30,000 soldiers.
Afghanistan seems to be far away from tourists destinations of peace and tranquility for many seasons until its neighbors Iran, Pakistan, India and former CIS countries stop meddling and pinpointing each other on Afghan affairs. The US military, NATO & ISAF forces experts should dedect the invisible fault lines, enable to issue a disclosure of ending Afghan war. By Roger Smith DTN News ~ Defence-Technology News.
Source: DTN News / AFP & BBC
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON, U.S. / ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - February 27, 2010: Had Zardari's predecessor Pervez Musharraf been in line with US forces on Afghan war, the situation would have been contained, instead after ten years of 9/11, ISAF required more reinforcement of fresh troops, in 2010 Obama's administration and NATO obliged with extra 30,000 soldiers.
Source: DTN News / AFP & BBC
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON, U.S. / ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - February 27, 2010: Had Zardari's predecessor Pervez Musharraf been in line with US forces on Afghan war, the situation would have been contained, instead after ten years of 9/11, ISAF required more reinforcement of fresh troops, in 2010 Obama's administration and NATO obliged with extra 30,000 soldiers.Pakistan 'Strategic Shift'
The United States has seen a "strategic shift" by Pakistan in the past months during its fight against Taliban militants, a senior US official said Friday.
Under US pressure, Pakistan is waging multiple military offensives against Islamist militant havens. Washington brands the country's northwest tribal belt as the most dangerous place in the world and the chief sanctuary of Al-Qaeda.
Pakistani fire fighters and other official are seen near oil tanker, carrying fuel supplies for NATO forces in neighboring Afghanistan, after it was allegedly attacked by militants in Peshawar, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Militants have frequently attacked trucks traveling through the Khyber pass carrying supplies to NATO and US troops in landlocked Afghanistan.
"In the last nine months we've seen a significant strategic shift in Pakistan," a senior administration official said.
"That strategic shift is the decision by the Pakistani security forces to take the fight against the Pakistani Taliban."
He highlighted the situation in the Swat valley in the northwest tribal areas of Pakistan, which have served as a rear base for Afghan Taliban militants.
"If you go to Swat today, there are two Pakistani (army) divisions. They're doing classic counterinsurgency."
Another senior US official told reporters that recent arrests of Afghan Taliban members and leaders in Pakistan was a clear signal of the close cooperation taking place on the ground.
"There have been a number of commanders as well as leaders taken off the battlefield in the last several months," the official said.
"Based on the recent captures and kills, it demonstrates that there are fewer places to hide... as well as more broadly across the Afghan Pak region."
Highlighting the recent capture of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the official stressed the cooperation with Pakistan against the Taliban.
"Cooperation and collaboration of both of those governments and their services, I think continue to improve and strengthen across the board, in terms of thwarting attacks as well as capturing and killing if necessary," he said.
"We're working very closely with the Pakistanis on individuals that are of interest to us and are terrorists. The trendline is strong, positive.
"We're pleased with the Pakistani ability to move into areas that had been safe havens."
Agents from Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) reportedly joined US spies in a recent operation that captured Afghan Taliban military commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in the Pakistani metropolis of Karachi.
And senior US general David Petraeus, who heads the Central Command, visited Islamabad on Tuesday and hailed "important breakthroughs" in Pakistan.
President Barack Obama has put a high priority on nuclear-armed Pakistan as he sends thousands more troops to Afghanistan in a bid to root out Islamic extremism.
The US media have reported that four senior Taliban leaders have been captured in the past week in Pakistan.
Pakistani fire fighters and other official are seen near oil tanker, carrying fuel supplies for NATO forces in neighboring Afghanistan, after it was allegedly attacked by militants in Peshawar, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Militants have frequently attacked trucks traveling through the Khyber pass carrying supplies to NATO and US troops in landlocked Afghanistan.
"In the last nine months we've seen a significant strategic shift in Pakistan," a senior administration official said.
"That strategic shift is the decision by the Pakistani security forces to take the fight against the Pakistani Taliban."
He highlighted the situation in the Swat valley in the northwest tribal areas of Pakistan, which have served as a rear base for Afghan Taliban militants.
"If you go to Swat today, there are two Pakistani (army) divisions. They're doing classic counterinsurgency."
Another senior US official told reporters that recent arrests of Afghan Taliban members and leaders in Pakistan was a clear signal of the close cooperation taking place on the ground.
"There have been a number of commanders as well as leaders taken off the battlefield in the last several months," the official said.
"Based on the recent captures and kills, it demonstrates that there are fewer places to hide... as well as more broadly across the Afghan Pak region."
Highlighting the recent capture of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the official stressed the cooperation with Pakistan against the Taliban.
"Cooperation and collaboration of both of those governments and their services, I think continue to improve and strengthen across the board, in terms of thwarting attacks as well as capturing and killing if necessary," he said.
"We're working very closely with the Pakistanis on individuals that are of interest to us and are terrorists. The trendline is strong, positive.
"We're pleased with the Pakistani ability to move into areas that had been safe havens."
Agents from Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) reportedly joined US spies in a recent operation that captured Afghan Taliban military commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in the Pakistani metropolis of Karachi.
And senior US general David Petraeus, who heads the Central Command, visited Islamabad on Tuesday and hailed "important breakthroughs" in Pakistan.
President Barack Obama has put a high priority on nuclear-armed Pakistan as he sends thousands more troops to Afghanistan in a bid to root out Islamic extremism.
The US media have reported that four senior Taliban leaders have been captured in the past week in Pakistan.Annoyed militants continue to target authority
A suicide bomber has attacked a police station in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, killing at least three officers, officials say.
The bomber reportedly rammed a vehicle laden with explosives into the building in the town of Karak, not far from Afghanistan. 
Pakistani officials visit a police station attacked alleged suicide bomber in Karak, Pakistan on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. A suicide car bomber attacked a police station Saturday in northwest Pakistan, killing four people and wounding about two dozen, underscoring the relentless security threat to this Islamic nation.
Several people have been wounded and taken to hospital. Some are said to be in a critical condition.
A mosque was also damaged in the blast, police official Gul Sadi Khan said.
"The blast destroyed part of a police station and a nearby mosque," he told Reuters.
"Thirteen people have been wounded and we fear more people are trapped under the debris."
No group has yet said it carried out the attack, but North West Frontier Province has suffered numerous bombings by insurgents over the past year. 
Vehicles burn after an angry mob set them alight inside a police compound during clashes in Faisalabad, Pakistan's Punjab Province, February 27, 2010. At least four were injured when two armed groups clashed during a religious procession in the Pakistani city, local media reported.
The area is a stronghold of Pakistan's Taliban, and the mountainous tribal areas along the Afghan-Pakistan border are thought to be a sanctuary both for the Afghan Taliban and for militants linked to al-Qaeda.
Pakistani officials visit a police station attacked alleged suicide bomber in Karak, Pakistan on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. A suicide car bomber attacked a police station Saturday in northwest Pakistan, killing four people and wounding about two dozen, underscoring the relentless security threat to this Islamic nation.
Several people have been wounded and taken to hospital. Some are said to be in a critical condition.
A mosque was also damaged in the blast, police official Gul Sadi Khan said.
"The blast destroyed part of a police station and a nearby mosque," he told Reuters.
"Thirteen people have been wounded and we fear more people are trapped under the debris."
No group has yet said it carried out the attack, but North West Frontier Province has suffered numerous bombings by insurgents over the past year. Vehicles burn after an angry mob set them alight inside a police compound during clashes in Faisalabad, Pakistan's Punjab Province, February 27, 2010. At least four were injured when two armed groups clashed during a religious procession in the Pakistani city, local media reported.
The area is a stronghold of Pakistan's Taliban, and the mountainous tribal areas along the Afghan-Pakistan border are thought to be a sanctuary both for the Afghan Taliban and for militants linked to al-Qaeda.(This article info from AFP, BBC and analysis & complied by Roger Smith DTN News, contact at dtnnews@ymail.com)
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