The diplomat agreed that the border chase for fugitives has not been impaired by troop shifts, at least so far.
The number of Indian and Pakistani troops shifted to the more than 2,000-mile 2,000-miler with Pakistan is stilongot known.
Iraq's prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, who six months ago said there would be no additional need for United States troops, shifted course earlier this month and said he would support asking American forces to stay if a significant majority of lawmakers and other leaders wanted to keep troops here.
Karzai has also stepped up his criticism of international troops, shifting from decrying civilian deaths and excessive use of force to saying that night raids should cease and that NATO needs to cut its troop numbers.
The Russian bombing has been accompanied by a major advance led by Syrian government forces, backed by thousands of Lebanese Hezbollah militiamen and hundreds of Iranian troops, shifting the balance of power in the civil war.
"The rising attacks show that the insurgents are able to motivate their fighters in the absence of foreign troops, shifting their rhetoric from calls to resist infidel occupation to a new emphasis on confronting the 'puppets' or 'betrayers of Islam' in the government".
The deadly bombing of the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad today will not prompt American troops to shift their mission and begin specifically protecting such installations, Pentagon officials said.
Nazila Fathi (NYT) ASIA SRI LANKA: CLASHES RESUME -- After a brief lull, intense fighting resumed as artillery and mortar fire by the Tamil Tiger guerrillas forced government troops to shift their defense lines at Tanankillappu, just east of Jaffna city.
I must have been distracted because I've not clocked that startling image of hope in all the words devoted to whether a "surge" in American troops and shift in their strategy brought decisive change over the past year.
"What happens in Pakistan, particularly near the Afghan border, will do more to determine the outcome in Afghanistan than any increase in troops or shift in strategy," he said.
