One of the reason's US seems to be pressing Pakistan now:
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KABUL,
Afghanistan, Feb. 24 —
Taliban fighters who seized control of a remote town in southern Afghanistan three weeks ago have started a campaign of arrests and reprisals against tribal elders and townspeople, according to tribal elders. The elders called on
NATO forces and the government to move against the insurgents, even if it means bombing the town.
The spokesman and an elder interviewed by telephone said that a Taliban leadership council in Quetta, Pakistan, was ordering the arrests and issuing the death threats.
The elders who spoke asked not to be identified for fear of reprisals from the Taliban. Two said they had received death threats from the Taliban and had fled their homes. Other members of the tribal council were in hiding, they said.
One elder said the Taliban had told him by telephone that they were under strong pressure from Pakistan to seize control of the town and now to go further.
Full article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/26/wo.../26afghan.html