WASHINGTON — Even as the Pakistani government plays down the American role in its military operations in Taliban-controlled areas along the border with Afghanistan, the United States has quietly rushed hundreds of millions of dollars in arms, equipment and sophisticated sensors to Pakistani forces in recent months, said senior American and Pakistani officials.
During preparations this spring for the Pakistani campaigns in Swat and South Waziristan, President Obama personally intervened at the request of Pakistan’s top army general to speed the delivery of 10 Mi-17 troop transport helicopters. Senior Pentagon officials …

President Obama will sign a bill providing Pakistan $7.5 billion in economic aid this week after Congress issues a statement designed to placate Pakistanis’ objections that conditions attached to the legislation violate their sovereignty, U.S. and Pakistani officials said.
The joint House-Senate statement, negotiated over the past several days, will emphasize mutual respect between the two countries, officials said, and “clarify” provisions in the bill requiring administration reports to Congress on Pakistan’s expenditures, its progress in combating Islamist insurgents and the extent of civilian control over the Pakistani military.
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Between 2002 and 2008, the United States paid out $6.6 billion in direct support to the Pakistani military. Now, it appears only a fraction of that amount — around half a billion — actually made it to the intended recipients.
That’s the story two anonymous Pakistani army generals tell the Associated Press. And their allegations are bolstered — on the record — by retired Gen. Mahmud Durrani, who was Pakistan’s ambassador to the U.S. under President Pervez Musharraf.

The United States is threatening to launch airstrikes on Mullah Omar and the Taliban leadership in the Pakistani city of Quetta as frustration mounts about the ease with which they find sanctuary across the border from Afghanistan.
The threat comes amid growing divisions in Washington about whether to deal with the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan by sending more troops or by reducing them and targeting the terrorists.

The US has told Pakistan that it may start launching drone attacks against the Taliban leadership in the city of Quetta in a major escalation of its operations in the country.
Washington has long been frustrated at Islamabad’s reluctance to target the Afghan Taliban’s ruling council, the Quetta Shura, which is accused of directing large parts of the insurgency across the border in Afghanistan.
State department and intelligence officials delivered the ultimatum to Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan’s president, last week as he visited the US for the United Nations’ security council sessions …

“WASHINGTON – The White House is considering expanding counterterror operations in Pakistan to refocus on eliminating al-Qaida instead of mounting a major military escalation in Afghanistan, two senior administration officials said Monday.”