In this photo taken on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, Taliban commander Baz Mohammed, center, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his headquarters in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. Mohammed, a commander in a pro-government militia, is supported by the government as both share a common enemy, the Pakistan Taliban serving under the replacement of their chief Baitullah Mehshud, killed during a CIA missile strike last month. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

In this photo taken on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, Taliban commander Baz Mohammed, center, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his headquarters in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. Mohammed, a commander in a pro-government militia, is supported by the government as both share a common enemy, the Pakistan Taliban serving under the replacement of their chief Baitullah Mehshud, killed during a CIA missile strike last month.

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  1. In this photo taken on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, Taliban commander Baz Mohammed, center, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his headquarters in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. Mohammed, a commander in a pro-government militia, is supported by the government as both share a common enemy, the Pakistan Taliban serving under the replacement of their chief Baitullah Mehshud, killed during a CIA missile strike last month.
  2. In this photo taken on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, Taliban commander Baz Mohammed, center, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his headquarters in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. Mohammed, a commander in a pro-government militia, is supported by the government as both share a common enemy, the Pakistan Taliban serving under the replacement of their chief Baitullah Mehshud, killed during a CIA missile strike last month.
  3. Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, center, and Army Chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, left, attend funeral prayer for an army officer, who was killed in the Friday's suicide bombing in a mosque, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. A Taliban suicide squad targeted Pakistani military officers and their families praying at a mosque close to army headquarters in a gruesome display of the militants' ability to strike at the center of power.
  4. Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (C), army chief Ashfaq Kiyani ( L) and chairman joint chief of staff committee Tariq Majeed (R) attend a funeral prayer of three out of the 40 people who were killed in an attack on a mosque near the military headquarters in Rawalpindi December 5, 2009. Pakistani officials on Saturday mourned those killed near the country's military headquarters in an attack that raised questions over how militants penetrated the security of the regional nuclear power. As Pakistan battles Taliban insurgents who have responded to offensives with bombings that have killed hundreds since October, it also faces U.S. pressure to root out militants who cross the border to fight Western troops in Afghanistan.
  5. Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (3rd R), army chief Ashfaq Kiyani (3rd L), chairman joint chief of staff committee Tariq Majeed (2nd R) and Interior Minister Rehman Malik (R) with other relatives attend a funeral prayer of three out of the 40 people who were killed in an attack on a mosque near the military headquarters in Rawalpindi December 5, 2009. Pakistani officials on Saturday mourned those killed near the country's military headquarters in an attack that raised questions over how militants penetrated the security of the regional nuclear power. As Pakistan battles Taliban insurgents who have responded to offensives with bombings that have killed hundreds since October, it also faces U.S. pressure to root out militants who cross the border to fight Western troops in Afghanistan.
  6. Soldiers carry the flag-draped casket of Major General Umer Bilal, one of 40 who were killed in an attack on a mosque near the military headquarters a day earlier, before his funeral in Rawalpindi December 5, 2009. Pakistani officials on Saturday mourned those killed near the country's military headquarters in an attack that raised questions over how militants penetrated the security of the regional nuclear power. As Pakistan battles Taliban insurgents who have responded to offensives with bombings that have killed hundreds since October, it also faces U.S. pressure to root out militants who cross the border to fight Western troops in Afghanistan.
  7. Men fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, sit with their wheelbarrows filled with government handouts they received for their families, at a distribution point for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province November 18, 2009.
  8. Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, center right, talks with an internally displaced girl who fled the tribal area due to fighting between Pakistani security forces and Taliban militants, during his visit to Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.
  9. Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, left, examines relief goods for internally displaced people who fled tribal areas due to fighting between Pakistani security forces and Taliban militants, during his visit to Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.
  10. A man, fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, pushes a wheel barrow of government handouts he received for his family at a distribution point for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province November 15, 2009.
  11. A newly displaced Pakistani tribal family who fled the tribal area of Waziristan along the Afghanistan border due to fighting between security forces and militants, wait for a shelter to live in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. Taliban militants are waging a war against the government because they deem it un-Islamic and are angry about its alliance with the United States.
  12. A newly displaced Pakistani tribal family who fled the tribal area of Waziristan along the Afghanistan border due to fighting between security forces and militants, wait for a shelter to live in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. Taliban militants are waging a war against the government because they deem it un-Islamic and are angry about its alliance with the United States.
  13. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Bob Grenier, former CIA station chief in Islamabad, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a hearing about Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On the eighth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses testified, and disagreed, about what affect a withdrawal of U.S. forces from that country would have on Al-Qaeda.
  14. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Bob Grenier, former CIA station chief in Islamabad, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a hearing about Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On the eighth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses testified, and disagreed, about what affect a withdrawal of U.S. forces from that country would have on Al-Qaeda.
  15. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Bob Grenier, former CIA station chief in Islamabad, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a hearing about Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On the eighth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses testified, and disagreed, about what affect a withdrawal of U.S. forces from that country would have on Al-Qaeda.
  16. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Bob Grenier, former CIA station chief in Islamabad, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a hearing about Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On the eighth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses testified, and disagreed, about what affect a withdrawal of U.S. forces from that country would have on Al-Qaeda.

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