^^ Carpet bombing the Tribal Areas will not produce the desired result
It needs surgical strikes by teams of special forces....or assassinations of taliban and al qaeda top leaders or continued drone attacks while pakistan army continues to attack them from the rear reducing thier man power reserves
this needs to be followed up with building up infrastrucutre, investing in this area and making the lives of these people better
they have been neglected by our government for far too long and this has been the end result
but what you have suggested US has failed to do in afghanistan.
its just a talk from US they are concentrating less on afghanistan than pakistan