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<!--QuoteBegin-Mudy+Feb 8 2008, 12:09 PM-->QUOTE(Mudy @ Feb 8 2008, 12:09 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Ceasefire announcement, Rice and UK David Miliband made surprise visit to Afghanistan.
I think NATO is planning for spring action and smart Paki army protected its asset by ceasefire. 
Pakistan Army is playing nice music and NATO is dancing on fine tune.
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<b>The main reason for the dip in violence in Afghanistan was the opening of another front by the taliban in pakistan.</b>
<b>Turmoil in Pakistan helping NATO in Afghanistan</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Fri Feb 8, 2008</b>
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Political turmoil in Pakistan may have stemmed the flow of Taliban and al Qaeda fighters into neighboring Afghanistan, as militants shift their focus to the government of President Pervez Musharraf, U.S. officials say.

"They (militants) are now facing the other direction and sending some resources to try and attack, to try and undermine Pakistani stability," Gates told the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee.

<b>The reduced flow of fighters -- down as much as 40 percent since November, according to U.S. officials -- could mark a significant opening for the Afghan government, some officials said.</b>

<b>"It's getting worse in Pakistan," said Michael Vickers, assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict.</b> "I think it's fair to say. And there's been some turning inward."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<b>Now that the pakistan front is being closed by the declaration of an ceasefire between taliban and the paki army, all the resources will be used in Afghanistan to fight the 15,000 NATO troops.</b>