Washington: Expressing concern over the recent agreement signed by Pakistan with Taliban and other dissident elements in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, the US has said that this sort of an arrangement had been tried before and in the present instance it is too early to tell what is going to come out of it.

"We have expressed our concerns about this agreement. Obviously, this is something that was tried before. It did not work before. It's important that any agreement be effectively enforced and that it not interrupt any operations where we are going after terrorists in that area," White House Press Secretary Dana Perino said.

"And we are continuing to work with the new government of Pakistan. We think that we can work effectively with them and we have very clear and frank discussions to make sure they understand where we re coming from," she added.

At Foggy Bottom the Spokesman Sean McCormack maintained that it is too early to say what is going to come out of the present effort.

"... We ll see. We ll see what comes of this effort. We understand that it is an attempt on the part of the Pakistani government to try to peel away those people who reconcilable to a political process, who want to integrate themselves into the fabric of Pakistani political life and actually want to have the FATA become a fully functioning part of Afghanistan," McCormack said.

Source : PTI