Protesters in Pakistan burn Hillary to protest ...

[Janice]

Clinton says U.S. officials have met with Haqqanis

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday that the United States had held a preliminary meeting with representatives of the Haqqani network, a group of militants Washington has blamed for a series of attacks in Afghanistan.

The revelation came soon after Clinton, in Islamabad with a heavyweight team of U.S. military and intelligence leaders, warned that tough action would have to be taken against Afghan and Pakistani militants if they did not cooperate in efforts to stabilise Afghanistan and pursue peace.

Clinton was asked at a roundtable with journalists about reports that U.S. officials had met with Haqqani representatives directly, even as Washington demanded that Pakistan take a tougher line on the group.

"We have reached out to the Taliban, we have reached out to the Haqqani network to test their willingness and their sincerity, and we are now working among us -- Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United States -- to try to put together a process that would sequence us towards an actual negotiation," Clinton said.

No negotiations are underway, she said. >>>

Many Pakistanis are angered by U.S. drone strikes against militants in the northwest, and say the country's army is fighting a war based on American interests.

About 90 people staged a protest in the eastern town of Multan against Clinton's visit. In Quetta, capital of the southwestern Baluchistan province, around 150 people burnt American flags and hit Clinton's picture with shoes.

I figure the picture alone is worth the article ...

 

[DumbAss Tanker]

Clinton, in Islamabad with a heavyweight team of U.S. military and intelligence leaders, warned that tough action would have to be taken against Afghan and Pakistani militants if they did not cooperate in efforts to stabilise Afghanistan and pursue peace.

"I call that large talk for a two-faced fat woman."

 

[Akubra]

Talk with the Taleban?  Things would have been so much different if someone had thought of that back in 1999.

[Janice]

Talk with the Taleban?  Things would have been so much different if someone had thought of that back in 1999.

Absolutely. Why havent we tried 'reasoning' with the insane who prefer governing via the iron fist of a Theocracy and living in the Dark Ages before?