U.S. ready to fight militants with Pakistani troops
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The United States would be willing to send troops to Pakistan to fight alongside the South Asian country's forces against Islamist militants, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday.
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The U.S. would consider military force if necessary to stem al-Qaida's growing ability to use its hideout in Pakistan to launch terrorist attacks, a White House aide said Sunday. The Senate's top Democrat endorsed that approach.
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US President George W. Bush is likely to press his Pakistani counterpart Pervez Musharraf on the issue of sending Pakistani troops to Iraq when both of them meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
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With new fighting expected to break out next spring in Afghanistan, the Pakistani government will soon have to decide what it can do about the tribal authorities who have not been living up to their agreement to prevent Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters from moving back and forth across the border, according to Director of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte....
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 18 -- The Pakistani army fought pitched battles with militants Wednesday in a restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan following an insurgent assault that killed 17 troops.
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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said any unilateral action by U.S.-led coalition forces against militants in the border region with Afghanistan will be regarded as an invasion, a newspaper reported on Friday.
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Pakistan hit back on Sunday at U.S. critics of its fight against terrorism, insisting its army was best suited to hunt for Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda militants Washington believes enjoy safe haven in Pakistani tribal areas near Afghanistan.
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US President George W. Bush and his Pakistani counterpart Pervez Musharraf promised here on Wednesday to strengthen cooperation in the war on terror and in the areas of trade and economy.
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The US says it has started a new offensive against Taleban and al-Qaeda militants, ahead of a planned poll.
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Pakistan launches an offensive  against suspected al-Qaeda fighters as top US official Richard Armitage holds talks in Islamabad.
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Pakistani security forces were readying for a final assault on the extremist Red Mosque Wednesday.
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Pakistani forces have been battling al Qaeda fighters in an ongoing operation to rout terrorists in a tribal area near the border with Afghanistan, Pakistani intelligence sources said.
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Pakistani and U.S. naval forces began a   series of exercises on Monday aimed at improving   counter-terrorism capabilities, a Pakistani navy spokesman   said.
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The US threatened to bomb Pakistan unless it joined the fight against al-Qaeda, says President Pervez Musharraf.
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The Bush administration is willing to send a small number of U.S. combat troops to Pakistan to help fight the insurgency there if Pakistani authorities ask for such help, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday
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It would be "completely counterproductive" for the United States to launch military strikes in the Pakistani tribal regions where al Qaeda and Taliban militants have created safe havens, Pakistan's foreign minister said Sunday.
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US, Pakistan step up efforts to address the militant haven tied to global terror.