Flip flop? No deadline to Pak over Taliban, says US

Washington: The US on Friday denied having set a 'two-week' time frame for Pakistan to take action against Taliban militants operating in the country, but said the military offensive by the army has to be consistent and

decisive.

"I don't know where this two-week timeframe came from, but look, we have said very clearly that we believe the Pakistanis need to take action against these extremist elements," the State Department spokesman, Robert Wood, told reporters at his daily press briefing.

The Fox News had earlier reported that General David Petraeus, Commander of US Central Command, told US lawmakers that coming two weeks are going to be very critical to determining whether the Pakistani government will survive.

The channel reported that Petraeus said the US is looking forward to see concrete action by Islamabad in the next two week before determining the next course of action by the Obama Administration.

Wood said action against the Taliban and extremist elements is not something that can be put in a timeline in terms of taking action.

"It has to be consistent, decisive, and we need to understand that this is not something we're going to be able to deal with in two days, two weeks, two months," he said.