Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs Holds Emergency Talks With His Pakistani Counterpart

US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, pictured on September 15. Mullen arrived in Pakistan on an unannounced visit Tuesday to discuss operations underway on the Afghanistan frontier with Pakistan's leaders, the Pentagon said. (AFP/File/Adem Altan)

Top U.S. Officer In Pakistan On Unannounced Visit
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. military officer, Adm. Mike Mullen, went to Pakistan on Tuesday for an unannounced visit amid stepped-up U.S. efforts to combat militants operating along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan.

The trip by Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, comes as Pakistani government leaders protest American military operations in the region, including a suspected U.S. commando raid this month.

"The chairman is in Pakistan today for meetings with senior civilian and military leaders," said Navy Capt. John Kirby, spokesman for the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff.

"He'll meet with Prime Minister (Yousaf Raza) Gilani and the chief of army staff, General (Ashfaq) Kayani, to continue the dialogue that they have been maintaining and to look for ways to work better and more closely together to eliminate the safe havens for extremists in the border region."

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My Comment: Pakistan and U.S. relations are now at a new low. But from my point of view, both sides are now honest in their relationship .... and are no longer fooling us on where they stand. Pakistan is not going to change their policy towards the Taliban and their allies, and the U.S. will still go after those Taliban and leaders who are a mortal threat to the U.S. and their allies. Both sides are not going to change what they consider important strategic and security objectives.