Pakistan Vows to Stop Terrorists

Yawn...we've heard this before. Reuters

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan said on Wednesday it would neither allow Islamist militants to plot attacks on its soil nor let foreign troops take military action on its territory.

The declaration by leaders of Pakistan's three-and-a half-month old coalition came amid growing fears that the United States might take unilateral action against al Qaeda and Taliban sanctuaries in tribal areas on the Afghan border.

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Washington backs Islamabad's strategy of using tribal elders to persuade militants to stop fighting, but worries that Taliban groups have used the breathing space provided by talks to intensify cross-border attacks on Western forces in Afghanistan.

A Pentagon report last month described militants' sanctuaries in Pakistan as the biggest threat to Afghan security.

While militant violence is resurging in Pakistan, mainly in the northwest, the new Pakistani government is facing tremendous pressure from its western allies and neighbors to do more to stem flow of insurgents into Afghanistan.