``Fighting against insurgents in Afghan, pak may get worse``
The fight against the Taliban and Al Qaeda insurgents in Afghanistan and Pakistan might get worse before it got better, said the new head of the US Central Command, Gen. David H Petraeus, who as the US commander of forces in Iraq oversaw the troop ``surge'' that reduced violence there.
Pakistan will defeat the Taliban militarily in the security forces' operations in the country's restive northwest but also needs to focus on rehabilitating the thousands of civilians who have been displaced in the process, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani declared Thursday.