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President Barack Obama's administration is planning to send more help to Pakistan amid complaints from government officials there that the United States doesn't understand their security priorities or offer enough help, The Washington Post reports.According to the plan, decided on in last month's White House Afghanistan war review, the US will offer more military, intelligence and economic support to Pakistan, the newspaper reported on Friday. The Obama administration also plans to intensify efforts to forge a regional peace despite frustration that Pakistani officials aren't doing enough to fight terrorist groups in the country's vast tribal areas, it said. The decision is set to be delivered by Vice President Joe Biden in a planned visit to Pakistan next week, the Post said, citing unidentified administration officials. Biden is expected to meet with military chief Gen. Ashfaq Kayani and other top government leaders. The vice president is expected to challenge the Pakistanis to articulate a long-term strategy for the region and specify what assistance they need to move successfully against Taliban safe heavens in areas border Afghanistan. Previously, Pakistan has complained that promised US aid projected to total more than $3 billion in 2011 has been slow to arrive and requests for military equipment, including helicopters, have not been fulfilled.
