"No government on earth has received more high-level attention," Ambassador Richard Holbrooke on Sunday told CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" of the dozens of visits by top U.S. officials to their counterparts in Pakistan.
"All of this, plus the recognition that the distinction between Afghan Taliban and Pakistan Taliban -- if it ever existed -- is eroded, has led the Pakistanis to take a very much more forward leaning position," Holbrooke said. "Plus, above all, the backlash from the (Taliban's) attacks in places like Lahore or Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Kashmir, Karachi, have all contributed to an evolution."
Holbrooke attributed recent Taliban arrests to increased communication between the two governments.
He cited the arrest of the Taliban's No. 2 official, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, as evidence of Pakistan's evolution from a country on the verge of collapse to a more stable political system now.
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