U.S. commander in Pakistan as Taliban attack fort

A U.S. commander was in Pakistan as an Islamic Taliban attack took place on another fort near the Afghanistan border

Robert Birsel of Reuters reported Tuesday, Jan. 22, on another attack on a Pakistani fort Tuesday that Pakistani military leaders claimed was repulsed.

This tool place as Admiral William Fallon visited Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad.

Pakistani army chief General Ashfaq Kayani said on Tuesday the Pakistani military had repulsed an attack by Taliban fighters on a fort near the Afghan border, killing 37 insurgents.

Admiral William Fallon's visit followed days of clashes between Pakistani troops and militants loyal to Baitullah Mehsud, a Taliban commander suspected of orchestrating the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto last month.

Fallon, head of the U.S. military's Central Command, met with Kayani in the garrison town of Rawalpindi, officials said.

President Pervez Musharraf was away in Europe trying to rally support at a time when the West is increasingly worried by instability in nuclear-armed Pakistan…

On Tuesday, the military, citing rebel communication intercepts and its own sources, said 37 militants were killed in an early morning assault on an observation post near the Ladha fort in South Waziristan.

Military spokesman Major-General Athar Abbas said five soldiers were killed and seven wounded in the four-hour battle.

Maulvi Omar, a spokesman for the militants, denied heavy losses and said 10 soldiers were killed and 13 captured.

Abbas denied that any soldiers had been taken prisoner.

Commenting on clashes in South Waziristan since last week, Abbas said security forces were simply responding to attacks and no offensive had been launched. 

Watch Pakistan, keep watching - the fight there is over whether or not Osama Bin Laden will gain control of some nuclear bombs.

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