Taleban seize more Pakistani soldiers - Musharraf less popular than Bin Laden
This is getting so little coverage.
There was very vague reporting last week of 180 Pakistani troops being captured by the Taleban without firing a shot.
Also: (CNN) "Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf -- a key U.S. ally -- is less popular in his own country than al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, according to a poll of Pakistanis conducted last month by an anti-terrorism organization.....
Bin Laden has a 46 percent approval rating. Musharraf's support is 38 percent."
And: Negroponte has arrived in Islamabad to try and help Musharraf wade through the politics of the Sharif deportation, and to push the US's preferred Musharraf/Bhutto powersharing deal.
Pro-Taleban militants have attacked a check post in north-west Pakistan and abducted 12 soldiers, officials say.....
The rebels are still holding scores of soldiers they kidnapped a fortnight ago in nearby South Waziristan......
The latest kidnapping comes amid negotiations to free the soldiers abducted two weeks ago. The insurgents say they are holding about 300 troops.
There was very vague reporting last week of 180 Pakistani troops being captured by the Taleban without firing a shot.
Also: (CNN) "Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf -- a key U.S. ally -- is less popular in his own country than al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, according to a poll of Pakistanis conducted last month by an anti-terrorism organization.....
Bin Laden has a 46 percent approval rating. Musharraf's support is 38 percent."
And: Negroponte has arrived in Islamabad to try and help Musharraf wade through the politics of the Sharif deportation, and to push the US's preferred Musharraf/Bhutto powersharing deal.
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