Washington, Apr. 25 : Expressing serious concern over reports that the Taliban is inching closer towards Islamabad, the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, has said Pakistan could be taken over by insurgents.

"We're certainly moving closer to the tipping point where Pakistan could be overtaken by extremists," The Nation quoted Admiral Mullen, as saying.

Islamabad, Apr. 7: The US Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, has claimed that the Taliban’s top leadership is hiding in Pakistan’s Balochistan province.

During a dinner at US Ambassador Anne Patterson’s residence in Islamabad, Admiral Mullen told reporters that the US was targeting Baitullah Mehsud now because he had established strategic links with Al Qaeda.

In affiliation with Al Qaeda, Mehsud facilitated many attacks on NATO forces in Afghanistan during the past year or so, the Daily Times quoted him, as saying.

New York, Apr. 3: The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, has expressed concern that Pakistan may implode with nuclear weapons in near future, and also "use" them.

"My biggest concern is that if Pakistan gets to a point where it implodes, you've got a country that could be an Islamist, theocratic country with nuclear weapons which could both use them and proliferate them. One of our goals is to make sure that doesn't happen," The News quoted Admiral Mullen, as saying.

Washington, Apr. 3 : The United States has announced a three fold increase in civilian aid to Pakistan, and is also planning to spend another three billion dollars over the next five years to equip and train the Pakistan Army against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, but the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen has made it clear that there is an urgent need to maintain a check on the aid to ensure its proper and correct use.

Washington, Mar. 28 : US Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Admiral Mike Mullen has confirmed media reports that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has close links with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban network, and is offering logistical support them.

"There are certainly indications that's the case," The Dawn quoted Admiral Mullen, as saying.

Washington, Jan. 28 : Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen has appreciated India's role in Afghanistan and said that New Delhi has taken "significantly positive steps" to rebuild that war-torn country.

"I believe India plays an important role here (in Afghanistan)," Admiral Mullen told reporters here at the Washington Foreign Press Center, when asked the role of regional countries in Afghanistan.