Correction For The Record

November 16, 2009

Islamabad - A national daily newspaper today carried a report with allegations by a retired military official that the U.S. "has shifted Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Chief Hakimullah Mehsud and the other Taliban leadership to Afghanistan." The report also alleged that the U.S. is backing the militants fighting against the Pakistan Army in South Waziristan Agency.

These allegations are false and malicious. The United States supports the decisive military actions being taken by Pakistan military forces against militants in South Waziristan and elsewhere. Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States are working together against insurgents who seek to destabilize or kill innocent civilians."