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 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistanis expressed growing outrage Thursday over the timing of a visit by two senior U.S. envoys who landed even before foes of U.S.-backed President Pervez Musharraf could name a new Cabinet, decrying the visit as American "meddling."
Meanwhile, an American newspaper reported that a recent increase in U.S. airstrikes in Pakistan's tribal areas was because of U.S. worries that the new government would scale back military operations in the area.
Such strikes have killed at least 25 people this month, sparking anger over civilian casualties in the region, where Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaida operatives could be hiding.
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