US working with Pak to deal with its spy agency

Washington, Aug 6 (PTI) With the Pakistani spy agency
I.S.I. coming under pressure following reports that it was
involved in attack in Indian embassy in Kabul, the US has said
it is working with Islamabad to deal with the issue.

"With regards to the Pakistani intelligence services,
I think that's been historically an issue in that country.
There are signs that it remains so. And we, our collect -- our
two governments are working to deal with those problems," said
Geoff Morrel, Pentagon press secretary.

The Pentagon also said a "very, very small numbers of
US special forces are operating in a training capacity in
Pakistan, not out on joint missions, but on a fixed site,
training Pakistani forces, at the invitation of the Pakistani
government."

The US was particularly pleased to see that Pakistan
is involved in operations in the federally administered tribal
areas (F.A.T.A.) but said "robust efforts" are needed to
tackle the problem.

"We have seen and continue to see Pakistani military
operations in the F.A.T.A., and we are pleased to see that.
But, this needs to be a concerted and consistent effort to go
after the militants to prevent them from either creating
training grounds and safe havens within Pakistan or going into
Afghanistan and causing trouble there," the senior Pentagon
official said.

"So there clearly are increased military operations.
We've seen that. We are pleased by it. We need to continue to
see it and we need to see probably even more robust efforts on
the Pakistan's part," he added.

He said Pakistan is a key ally in war on terror and
asserted that both the countries are trying to confront the
common problem of terrorism.