Pakistan, Tribal Leaders Hold Talks to Restore Truce

RAY SUAREZ:

A weekend barrage of suicide bombs and rocket attacks in Pakistan's northwestern frontier shattered a 10-month truce between pro-Taliban militants and the Pakistani government. The attacks came after extremists called for a holy war against the government of President Pervez Musharraf to avenge last week's storming of the Red Mosque in the capital, Islamabad.

At least 100 people were killed when Pakistani security forces seized control of the mosque from the militants holed up inside. Under a September 2006 truce agreement, the Pakistani army pulled back its troops from the tribal areas of north Waziristan, while militants agreed to stop launching attacks both in Pakistan and against U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan. Tribal elders were supposed to monitor the deal.

According to intelligence reports, Osama bin Laden has used the border area as a hideout for years. The United States agreed in March to provide $750 million in aid to help squelch militant activity. But after the attacks this weekend, U.S. National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley said Pakistani President Musharraf has more to do.

STEPHEN HADLEY, National Security Adviser:

His challenge, of course, is that these extremists, these Taliban, are a threat to him and to us. And he has taken action against them, but the action has, at this point, not been adequate, not effective. He's doing more; we are urging him to do more; and we're providing our full support to what he's contemplating.