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Mullen hold talks with Pakistan army chief
The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff held talks Tuesday with Pakistan's army chief, whose troops have battled al-Qaeda- and Taliban-linked militants in a growing insurgency along the border with Afghanistan.
Adm. Mike Mullen arrived Monday in Pakistan, on his second visit to the country in a month, reflecting U.S. concern over an increase in militancy mainly in the country's northwest.
Mullen met with army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at Pakistan's army headquarters in Rawalpindi, a garrison city near the capital Islamabad.
Mullen and Kayani "discussed matters of professional interest with particular reference to the security situation in the region," a Pakistan military statement said. It provided no further details.
Militant violence has surged in Pakistan's northwest near the Afghan border in recent months. Pakistan authorities have blamed a string of recent suicide bombings on militants operating in tribal regions near Afghanistan who allegedly have ties with al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
The spike in violence raises doubts about the ability of Pakistan's U.S.-allied government to stem militancy.
Two explosions at a navy college Tuesday in the eastern city of Lahore left two people dead and nine others wounded, police said.
On Sunday, a suicide bomber targeted a meeting of tribal elders discussing how to resist militants in the tribal town of Darra Adam Khel, killing 40 people. And the army's top surgeon, his driver and body guard were killed in a suicide attack in Rawalpindi on Feb. 25.
Mullen said last month that the threat of Islamic extremism was growing and that Pakistan's leadership was aware of the challenge facing the nation.
The U.S. is planning to send 22 military personnel to train Pakistan's paramilitary force, battling militants in tribal regions along Afghanistan, in counterinsurgency and intelligence gathering techniques. Mullen is likely to discuss those plans.
Mullen was also expected to meet with Gen. Tariq Majid, the chairman of Pakistan joint chief of staff committee and President Pervez Musharraf, who allied Pakistan with the U.S.-led war against terrorism despite strong opposition from Islamists at home.
The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff held talks Tuesday with Pakistan's army chief, whose troops have battled al-Qaeda- and Taliban-linked militants in a growing insurgency along the border with Afghanistan.
Adm. Mike Mullen arrived Monday in Pakistan, on his second visit to the country in a month, reflecting U.S. concern over an increase in militancy mainly in the country's northwest.
Mullen met with army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at Pakistan's army headquarters in Rawalpindi, a garrison city near the capital Islamabad.
Mullen and Kayani "discussed matters of professional interest with particular reference to the security situation in the region," a Pakistan military statement said. It provided no further details.
Militant violence has surged in Pakistan's northwest near the Afghan border in recent months. Pakistan authorities have blamed a string of recent suicide bombings on militants operating in tribal regions near Afghanistan who allegedly have ties with al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
The spike in violence raises doubts about the ability of Pakistan's U.S.-allied government to stem militancy.
Two explosions at a navy college Tuesday in the eastern city of Lahore left two people dead and nine others wounded, police said.
On Sunday, a suicide bomber targeted a meeting of tribal elders discussing how to resist militants in the tribal town of Darra Adam Khel, killing 40 people. And the army's top surgeon, his driver and body guard were killed in a suicide attack in Rawalpindi on Feb. 25.
Mullen said last month that the threat of Islamic extremism was growing and that Pakistan's leadership was aware of the challenge facing the nation.
The U.S. is planning to send 22 military personnel to train Pakistan's paramilitary force, battling militants in tribal regions along Afghanistan, in counterinsurgency and intelligence gathering techniques. Mullen is likely to discuss those plans.
Mullen was also expected to meet with Gen. Tariq Majid, the chairman of Pakistan joint chief of staff committee and President Pervez Musharraf, who allied Pakistan with the U.S.-led war against terrorism despite strong opposition from Islamists at home.
