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| Brown to meet Pakistani president | |
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| The conflict between Pakistan's army and the Taleban is expected to top the agenda when Gordon Brown holds talks later with the Pakistani president. | |
| The UK Prime Minister will meet President Asif Ali Zardari ahead of a joint Downing Street media conference. | |
| The arrest of 11 Pakistani nationals in an anti-terror raid in north-west England is also likely to be discussed. | |
| The issue caused tension between the leaders when Mr Brown visited Pakistan last month. | |
| President Zardari pulled out of a joint news conference amid speculation that he was unhappy about Britain's actions. | |
| Several of those arrested in the operation are facing a bid to deport them from the UK on national security grounds despite being released without charge. | |
| Aid increase | |
| On Tuesday, Pakistan stepped up its campaign against the Taleban after dropping troops by helicopter to tackle a stronghold in the country's north-west. | |
| The army has been fighting to retake large parts of its north-west frontier that has fallen to the Taleban. | |
| Hundreds of thousands of people are reported to have fled the fighting and human rights campaigners are urging the army and Taliban to avoid civilian casualties. | |
| Mr Zardari's visit comes after Britain announced a big aid increase for Pakistan to tackle the radicalisation of students into Taleban fighters. | Mr Zardari's visit comes after Britain announced a big aid increase for Pakistan to tackle the radicalisation of students into Taleban fighters. |
| Britain's aid budget for Pakistan over the next three years will be bigger than that for neighbouring Afghanistan. | Britain's aid budget for Pakistan over the next three years will be bigger than that for neighbouring Afghanistan. |
| The BBC's international development correspondent, David Loyn, said Mr Zardari, who became Pakistan's president after his wife Benazir Bhutto was killed during an election campaign, has shown willingness to work with Britain and America. | The BBC's international development correspondent, David Loyn, said Mr Zardari, who became Pakistan's president after his wife Benazir Bhutto was killed during an election campaign, has shown willingness to work with Britain and America. |
| But the BBC correspondent said there were still big question marks over whether Pakistan's intelligence service had cut its long-standing ties with the Taleban, which Mr Zardari insists it has. | But the BBC correspondent said there were still big question marks over whether Pakistan's intelligence service had cut its long-standing ties with the Taleban, which Mr Zardari insists it has. |
| Mr Loyn said: "Britain's new strategy for the region, announced last month, involves a big increase in aid - the budget for Pakistan will be bigger than that for neighbouring Afghanistan for the next three years. | Mr Loyn said: "Britain's new strategy for the region, announced last month, involves a big increase in aid - the budget for Pakistan will be bigger than that for neighbouring Afghanistan for the next three years. |
| "Most of it will go into education to combat the influence of extremist Islamic schools - madrassas - many of whose students become Taleban fighters." | "Most of it will go into education to combat the influence of extremist Islamic schools - madrassas - many of whose students become Taleban fighters." |