US-Afghan-Pakistan military center opens on volatile border
“U.S., Afghan and Pakistani officers opened the first of six joint military intelligence centers along the rocky Afghan-Pakistan border Saturday, an effort to cut down on militants’ movement in a region of rising terrorist activity.
The centers represent the latest step in American efforts to get Afghanistan and Pakistan to coordinate in the fight against the Taliban and al-Qaida. The countries have a history of rocky relations, though ties have recently grown warmer.” (International Herald Tribune)