VOA News Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
The head of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is in Pakistan for talks with Pakistani officials.
Unnamed Pakistani officials say Leon Panetta will meet with the head of Pakistan’s main spy agency , Lieutenant General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, in Islamabad on Wednesday.
The two were expected to discuss cooperation in the fight against al-Qaida and other militant groups.
The CIA director’s visit comes as the United States intensifies its bombing campaign against militants in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region, in an effort to prevent attacks in neighboring Afghanistan and the West.
The CIA has carried out more than 20 drone strikes in the region this month.
Some information in this story was provided by AP and AFP.