Terming the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan as the "most dangerous place" in the world, a US-based think-tank has asked the incoming Obama administration to declare it a part of the Afghan war theatre.

Observing that a "nuclear Pakistan as a base for international terrorism is a prospect that the world cannot afford," the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) asked the US government to redefine the territory of war in the region to include FATA.