PETRAEUS PRAISES PAKISTAN
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ISLAMABAD — Gen. David Petraeus lauded Pakistan’s efforts at battling Islamist militants during his first visit here since taking over as top NATO commander in neighboring Afghanistan this month.
But he avoided public mention of the complicated tug of war between the countries over the presence in Pakistan’s border regions of militants launching attacks against NATO troops in Afghanistan.
Pakistan is embroiled in military operations against Pakistani Taliban fighters in its volatile northwest. One of Petraeus’ main challenges as NATO commander will be to try to persuade its leaders to also turn their sights toward Afghan Taliban based in their country’s semiautonomous tribal areas.
Pakistan has been wracked by deadly attacks in the past two weeks that have killed nearly 150 people...
