The Obama Administration may be pressing Pakistan to intensify its efforts against Islamic militants on its soil, but Islamabad has its own ways of tackling the issue most recently in the form of truces with local Taliban forces, a development that has raised eyebrows in Washington.
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Clinton promises team effort on Afghanistan, Pakistan
Obama seeks $200 billion for war spending
U.S. losing war in Afghanistan, McCain says
U.S.-led coalition kills 13 Afghan civilians
Obama tackles thorny economic, military issues in Canada trip
President Obama visited Canada on Thursday in his first foreign trip as head of state, meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to discuss a range of complicated economic and military issues. Obama and Harper discussed possible remedies for the global economic downturn, a new initiative to fight global warming and the ongoing struggle against Taliban and al Qaeda elements in Afghanistan, the leaders said during a joint news conference. The struggling economy was at the top of the agenda, with emphasis on the controversy surrounding the “buy American” clause in the recently passed U.S
The Warlords of Afghanistan
Tens of thousands of U.S. guns missing in Afghanistan
Afghan dog finds new life in Britain
Obama team works to define U.S. strategy in Afghanistan
When U.S.-led forces toppled the Taliban after the 9/11 attacks, then-President Bush said the goal in Afghanistan was "to build a flourishing democracy as an alternative to a hateful ideology." Seven years, billions of dollars and hundreds of U.S. casualties later, the goals are more pragmatic and modest.