NEW : U.S. situation `` rapidly deteriorating , '' says senior U.S. military official . NEW : Pakistan officials : Any Taliban withdrawal from Afghan territory likely meaningless . And senior U.S. officials cautioned that any withdrawal by the Taliban was likely meaningless and that the fundamentalist group now holds large areas of the country with the government seemingly unable to stop them . ` NEW : Fundamentalists hold large areas of the country , military officials say . Pakistan had reported the Frontier Corps withdrawal from captured district only 96 kilometers from capital .
NEW : U.S. situation `` rapidly deteriorating , '' says senior U.S. military official . NEW : Pakistan officials : Any Taliban withdrawal from Afghan territory likely meaningless . NEW : Fundamentalists hold large areas of the country , military officials say . Pakistan had reported the Frontier Corps withdrawal from captured district only 96 kilometers from capital .