Pakistan

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While the military operations continue in Afghanistan,
the border regions with Pakistan have become a major issue.
The US does not formally admit to military actions inside Pakistan,
but is widely believed to exist.

Here are two news articles from the Voice of America and the The Wall Street Journal,
I believe describe the frustration of the situation.

VOA
US Demands More Progress by Pakistan in Afghan War

This week, President Obama released a progress report on the Afghan war, now in its tenth year.
The five-page summary of the Afghanistan and Pakistan Annual Review
says "there are notable operational gains."

For example, the president welcomed major Pakistani offensives in the tribal areas.
But he said progress has not come fast enough.
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Interior Minister Rehman Malik dismissed criticism of his country.
"If you see the statistics in terms of the casualties and injuries,
it is Pakistan which has suffered the most in the world.
We have done a lot. We are suffering in terms of our economy and obviously
it is affecting our common man in the country."

A new survey by the Washington Post and ABC News found that
sixty percent of Americans now think the war is not worth fighting.

WSJ
CIA Station Chief, His Cover Blown, Departs Pakistan

WASHINGTON—The Central Intelligence Agency pulled its top spy out of Pakistan,
citing threats to his life after a lawsuit revealed his name and accused him of helping to orchestrate
the agency's campaign of drone missile strikes in the country.

Officials said the agency is looking into the possibility that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency, the ISI,
may have had a role in blowing the CIA station chief's cover, a sign of tensions in relations.

U.S. officials say ties between the CIA and ISI have expanded in recent years,
but tensions remain, particularly over U.S. assertions that elements of the Pakistani spy agency
still provide support to the Taliban and some of their allies.