Amid reports that special U.S. and British forces are already on the ground in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Bush administration is going no further than saying that its forces are ``within'' striking distance of the targets in the Taliban-controlled country. The U.S. is also making it known that Afghanistan could be only its first target in the strikes against terrorism. Amid growing pressure from within the administration to strike Iraq also, senior law-makers here have taken the position that Afghanistan should be only the first priority.