By Saeed Shah | McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Thursday, March 27, 2008
AP
Pakistanis burn a U.S. flag Tuesday to protest the visit of U.S. officials John Negroponte and Richard Boucher. | View larger image
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Top U.S. officials on Thursday publicly questioned the plans of Pakistan's newly elected civilian government to negotiate with militants in the country's border region with Afghanistan and instead urged the continued use of military force.
Concluding a visit that's been widely criticized for taking place before a new government was fully formed, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said that talking with many of the insurgents is unthinkable.
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