After an unidentified jihadi group (about 200 strong) attacked a US-commanded outpost in the Kunnar-Nuristan area of East Afghanistan and forced its withdrawal on July 13,2008, Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, was reported to have stated as follows: "We're seeing a greater number of insurgents and foreign fighters flowing across the border with Pakistan, unmolested and unhindered. We simply must all do a better job of policing the border region and eliminating the safe havens, which serve today as launching pads for attacks on coalition forces. The group that launched the attack trained in safe havens in Pakistan. We see this threat accelerating, almost becoming a syndicate of different groups who heretofore had not worked closely together." (The News of Pakistan of July 17 and The Financial Times of London of July 18.)
In preparation for his visit to Washington, DC later this week, accompanied by Mr Asif Ali Zardari, the co-Chairman of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), for talks with President George W Bush, Mr Yousef Raza Gilani, the Pakistani Prime Minister, was reported to have convened a special meeting with his senior officials to get himself briefed on the ground situation. Mr Zardari was also believed to be present.
http://newageislam.com/pakistani-jihadis-in-taliban?/islam,terrorism-and-jihad/d/276
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