Pakistan's role in the fight against the Taliban is considered crucial, given the extensive contacts that elements of its military maintain with insurgent groups inside Afghanistan.
The incident is a major blow to the US commander of the Nato-led coalition in Afghanistan, General John Allen, who aims to focus his forces' efforts along the eastern border provinces where the insurgency is at its fiercest and is still worsening. The Isaf coalition sees the insurgent bases on the Pakistani border as key to the campaign. Link
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