WASHINGTON - THE United States will provide Pakistan with more military, intelligence and economic aid, even though some officials feel it is not doing enough to combat militants, The Washington Post reported late on Friday.
The newspaper said Vice President Joseph Biden would take that message to Pakistan when he visits next week.
The report came as a barrage of US missiles killed up to five militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal district on Friday, destroying a vehicle used by Islamist fighters, security officials said.
Pakistani security officials reported the strikes in what is reputedly the country's most impregnable Taliban and Al-Qaeda fortress.
US officials want Pakistan to launch a ground offensive there to eliminate the militant threat.
The United States does not confirm drone attacks, but its military and the Central Intelligence Agency operating in Afghanistan are the only forces that deploy the unmanned aircraft in the region. -- AFP
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