US downplays differences with Pakistan over extremists - Hindu

Washington (IANS): Downplaying differences with Pakistan over how to deal with extremists on Afghanistan's border, the United States says it would continue to work with Islamabad "as best as we can to support them in their efforts to fight extremists." "Well, for one thing, I don't talk about intelligence issues from here," State Department spokesman Robert A. Wood told reporters on Wednesday when asked to comment about reports of tensions on security and intelligence issue after meetings between two US officials and Pakistani leadership.

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US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Michael Mullen met Pakistani leaders in Islamabad on Monday before flying off to New Delhi. Describing the problems of dealing with extremist elements operating in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on Afghanistan's border as "a very complex issue," Mr. Wood said: "We want to work with Pakistan and we have been working with Pakistan as best we can to support them in their efforts to fight extremists." "We're going to continue to do so," he said, but acknowledged, "there be differences of opinion from time to time on how we move forward". "We do agree on a lot of the ways forward. But this is normal in this type of relationship, particularly when you're dealing with very difficult, thorny issues.

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