AgNoStiC MuSliM
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Believe me, forces in Afghanistan would love it if the terrorists ran back (or were forced back) into Afghanistan, where they could be engaged and destroyed. Since U.S. boots in Pakistan are out of the question, that's the entire problem in a nutshell... how to get at the bad guys. Thus, the pressure on Pakistan to act.
These are the same that are bombing innocent Pakistanis at Mosques and markets. Beyond the tragic loss of life, try to understand how this is seen... most nations, if faced with such an enemy from within, would be pouring everything it has into snuffing them out, and stabilizing the region.
These enemies of all (TTP, Taliban, al-quaeda) could be caught between a hammer and an anvil along the border if both sides acted in a coordinated manner. That is what is hoped for.
That is not the 'entire problem in a nutshell'. Primarily, cross-border sanctuaries in North Waziristan are an issue along the Eastern Afghan border and the Afghan provinces in proximity to NW, not all of Afghanistan.
It is absurd to argue that NW is able to provide sanctuary to insurgents across Afghanistan, given that the Taliban are not capable of 'teleportation'. Those insurgents hide, live and carry out attacks from among the local Afghan communities, not out of NW.