NEW : Pakistan situation `` rapidly deteriorating , '' says senior Pakistan military official . NEW : U.S. officials : Any Taliban withdrawal from Islamist territory likely meaningless . NEW : Adm. Mike Mullen , chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said on NBC 's `` Today '' show Friday . Fundamentalists hold large areas of the country , military officials say . U.S. had reported the Northern Alliance withdrawal from captured district only 96 kilometers from capital .
NEW : Pakistan situation `` rapidly deteriorating , '' says senior Pakistan military official . NEW : U.S. officials : Any Taliban withdrawal from Islamist territory likely meaningless . NEW : Fundamentalists hold large areas of the country , military officials say . U.S. had reported the Northern Alliance withdrawal from captured district only 96 kilometers from capital .