WASHINGTON, Aug 5: Gen Richard Myers, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Tuesday that Pakistan was providing tremendous support to the United States in tracing the Taliban and Al Qaeda remnants.

Talking about his recent visit to the region, Gen Myers told a briefing at the Pentagon that in Pakistan he discussed the ongoing operations on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border with his counterparts.

“Coalition forces, including Pakistani forces, are continuing the military effort to trace the Taliban and Al Qaeda survivors. Pakistan is providing tremendous support to the United States in this regard,” said the general.

He said Pakistan had stepped up “troop levels and patrols” along the Afghan border and in the settled areas of the NWFP.