Zalmay Khalilzad, the former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and the United Nations, expressed support for President Donald Trump’s tough line against Islamabad and said the administration is likely studying various methods to put pressure on Pakistan for what he called its lack of cooperation in the fight against terrorism.
The White House is calling on Pakistan to do more to fight terrorism and says that it will announce "specific actions" within days to pressure Islamabad.
Pakistan has summoned the U.S. ambassador after President Donald Trump threatened to cut off billions of dollars in aid and accused Islamabad of being a safe haven for extremists.
India denounced Pakistan on December 26 over the treatment of the family of an Indian man sentenced to death for spying, saying they had been harassed during a visit -- a charge Pakistan called "baseless."
On a surprise visit to Afghanistan, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence praised U.S. and Afghan troops for what he said was "real progress" in the 16-year war and declared President Donald Trump's new strategy there is working.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on October 24 visited Pakistan amid fraying bilateral relations prompted by Washington's accusation that Islamabad is allegedly providing "safe havens" for Taliban militants.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says he will urge Pakistan's leadership to do more to deny safe havens to terrorists during his planned trip to the country.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has paid an unannounced visit to Afghanistan for talks with Afghan leaders on the new U.S. strategy to end the 16-year war.
Pakistan plans to build a pair of fences -- nine-foot-high, chain-link fences topped with barbed wire – along much of its 2,500-kilometer border with Afghanistan in the hope it will keep out Islamist militants from the neighboring country.
A high-level U.S. diplomatic delegation is visiting Pakistan for the first time since President Donald Trump announced a new strategy for Afghanistan in August.
In order to build trust with the Taliban, Afghanistan is working to bring back insurgent detainees from neighboring Pakistan.
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the United States would try "one more time" to work with Pakistan before turning to other measures over Islamabad’s alleged support for militant groups operating in Afghanistan.
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