Report: US to increase help for Pakistan

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Report: US to increase help for Pakistan

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WASHINGTON – The Washington Post is reporting that the Obama administration has

decided to increase military, intelligence and financial support for Pakistan

and intensify U.S. efforts to foster regional peace.

Officials told the newspaper that the decision was made in last month's White

House Afghanistan war review and will be delivered by Vice President Joe Biden

when he travels to Pakistan next week for meetings with military chief Gen.

Ashfaq Kayani and other top government leaders.

The decision to intensify support for Pakistan marks the administration's effort

to call the bluff of Pakistani officials who have routinely complained that the

United States doesn't understand Pakistan's security priorities or give enough

support.