Cheney holds talks with Musharraf
From Times Wire Reports
Vice President Dick Cheney made an unannounced visit to Pakistan today to press for President Pervez Musharraf’s help in combating a new Taliban offensive in Afghanistan and a resurgent Al Qaeda.
The visit came after Cheney stopped in the Arab sultanate of Oman, where he reportedly held talks with its foreign minister.
A U.S. Embassy spokesman declined to detail the focus of Cheney’s visit to Oman, an oil-producing state across the strategically important Strait of Hormuz from Iran.
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