U.S. sends strong message to Pakistan on Taliban
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Vice President Dick Cheney flew into Pakistan and Afghanistan on Monday to press for a united front in the war against the resurgent Taliban, with media reports saying he would tell Islamabad only results count.
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The White House is pressuring Pakistan to crack down on al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives in the lawless border area with Afghanistan
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Leaders of al-Qaida and the Taliban have held a series of meetings in Pakistan to discuss how to disrupt Afghanistan&#39;s upcoming elections, the US military said Monday.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Thursday that the United States is "ready, able and willing" to send troops to Pakistan if the government of the South Asian nation is interested.
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US Defence Secretary Robert Gates will visit Pakistan early next week for talks with President Pervez Musharraf on the threat from Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, official sources said.
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A day after former President Clinton sent cruise missiles against al-Qaida targets in Afghanistan, the leader of that country's ruling Taliban militia telephoned the State Department and offered to talk, according to a State Department message disclosed Friday.
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The United States said Tuesday that Pakistan took a &quot;responsible&quot; step in storming a pro-Taliban mosque with scores of women and children inside to flush out militants, but also called the act &quot;an internal matter.&quot;
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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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KABUL, Afghanistan - The US ambassador to Afghanistan appealed to Taliban militants on Thursday to make peace with American forces and respect the victory of Hamid Karzai in the country&#39;s first presidential election.
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Threats of U.S. military action inside Pakistan to counter al-Qaida militants have highlighted the shaky relationship between these two key players in the war on terror and could escalate anti-American sentiments in this Islamic nation.
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The United States called on Taliban guerrillas to lay down their arms Thursday, saying Afghans had voted against violence and those who gave up their insurgency would not be punished unless they were guilty of major crimes.
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KARACHI - Tiring of the carrot and stick approach, and with US presidential elections only a few months away, the US has taken an aggressive role in Pakistan in the hunt for &quot;big-name&quot; al-Qaeda figures.
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NATO and US forces in Afghanistan must match Pakistan's commitment to preventing the cross-border infiltration of Taliban militants, a Pakistani provincial governor said.
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NEW YORK -- President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan said that after the Sept. 11 attacks, the United States threatened to bomb his country if it did not cooperate with America's campaign against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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The defense secretary urged Pakistan to do more to halt the flow of Taliban fighters into Afghanistan.
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The United States is fully backing a Pakistani military crackdown on hotbeds of al Qaeda and Taliban activity amid mounting concern over terrorism, President George W. Bush's national security adviser said on Sunday.
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The presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan pledged Wednesday to increase the cooperation of their intelligence agencies and tighten border controls in an effort to crack down on Taliban and al-Qaida-linked militants along the two countries' chaotic border region.