Joe Biden, Vice President, landed in Islamabad for talks with civilian and military leadership of the country after two-day visit to Afghanistan. A Pakistani official source said that Biden is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, the president, Asif Ali Zardari and the army chief, Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani.On the table are several issues that have strained relations between the two countries in recent months, as pressure from Washington to the Pakistani army launched a military operation in the Taliban stronghold of North Waziristan, a frontier with Afghanistan. In this demarcation seek shelter Afghan and Pakistani Taliban factions, so that the United States considers fundamental the offensive to improve the situation on the ground in Afghanistan.
For now, the Army has been reluctant and insisted on having other fronts in the troubled tribal areas populated by ethnic Pashtuns, the Taliban itself. The increase in military aid to Pakistan is also on the agenda for Biden, according to the American press.
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