Pak didn't capitalise on disarray in Taliban: US

The United States has blamed Pakistan for not striking the iron when it's hot, just after Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud was killed in the US drone attack.

It said Pakistan military did not capitalise on the apparent disarray in the Taliban leadership, and mount an offensive in the Taliban strongholds in South Waziristan, as promised by President Asif Ali Zardari back in May.

Pakistan's generals seem content to let the CIA's drones do most of the fighting, said the US.

Not surprisingly, US President Barack Obama's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, travels to the region at the end of the week.