The Obama Administration has expressed its satisfaction with a key counterterrorism meeting between US and Pakistani officials in Islamabad this week.
The Pakistan-US Strategic Dialogue on Law-Enforcement and Counter-terrorism focused on cooperation in combating militants’ use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). “Most importantly, Pakistan is taking strong ownership of this issue at home,” State Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland said.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik represented Pakistan while William Brownfield, US Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law-Enforcement of the Department of State, headed the American side. The United States, Nuland noted, was experienced in dealing with the IED issue.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 8th, 2011.
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