"The U.S. military's primary focus needs to shift immediately from Iraq to Afghanistan, Adm. Michael Mullen", said Monday
U.S officials are greatly concerned about the recent Taliban buildup in Southern Afghanistan and Pakistan that have occured the last couple of months. 2 Weeks ago several towns along the Pakistan-Afghan border we're attacked by Taliban agents killing several. Pentagon says that the Insurgents have been using Pakistan to smuggle weapons and soldiers into the Afghanistan and that Pakistan's miles an miles of unguarded border and isolated frontier make it easy for the terrorists to store and traffic weapons. The Pakistani government has often been criticized for not cracking down on Taliban militants along its border with Afghanistan. As a result, the U.S. airforce has carried out several air raids against terrorist targets in Pakistan. The strikes have dampend relations between the two countries. Many fear that Pakistan nuculear arsenal is in danger and the subject of which is ofg reat concern to the United States. President Obama is set to meet with the leaders of both countries(Afghanistan/Pakistasn) later this week.
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