The two hour meeting between the Pakistan army chief General Ashfaq Kayani and Admiral Mike Mullen on Wednesday, was extremely tense. Both military commanders had their demands and agendas and neither got any from the other – at least for the time being.

Mullen wanted a commitment for immediate action against the Haqqani Network in North Waziristan. Gen. Kayani wanted a US commitment for immediate halt to the expanding security role of India in Afghanistan. None gave the commitment, so the meeting ended on a bitter note. Mullen then met with Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff, Gen. Khalid Shameem Wynne.

The few lines press release from the US embassy also underscore that Kayani refused to give out any statement. The press release does not contain a single word about the content of the meeting, meaning thereby that it was bitter and inconclusive.

Tensions between the US and Pakistan seem to be rising in coming days because of the blind and blatant US demands for action against all groups that the Americans believe are killing American soldiers in Afghanistan.

More drama to unfold in the short run, it appears!