US ‘Applauds' Pakistan For ‘Success In Containing Terrorists' Days After Adding Terror Tag To TRF
The praise for Pakistan comes days after the US designated The Resistance Front -- involved in the Palagam attack -- as a terrorist organisation before tensions with India rose.
In a move likely to further deepen ongoing tensions with India, the United States has applauded Pakistan's 'continued success" in fighting 'terrorist entities that pose a threat to peace and security of the region".
A joint statement, released by both countries after the Pakistan-US Counter-Terrorism Dialogue held in Islamabad on Tuesday, said that they reaffirmed the 'commitment" to 'combating terrorism". This comes even though India put out strong evidence of the Pakistani link of the Pahalgam attack terrorists in front of the world.
The development also comes days after the US designated The Resistance Front – an offshoot of Lashkar-e-Taiba – as both a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT).
'The United States applauded Pakistan's continued successes to contain terrorist entities that pose a threat to the peace and security of the region and the world," Pakistan's foreign ministry quoted the joint statement as saying.
The Dialogue was co-chaired by Pakistan's Special Secretary for the United Nations, Nabeel Munir, and the US Department of State's Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Gregory D LoGerfo.
The statement mentioned the Balochistan Liberation Army, ISIS-Khorasan, and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and said that their activities pose terrorist threats to Pakistan.
This comes a day after the US designated the BLA and its alias, The Majeed Brigade, as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation, shortly after the second visit of Pakistani army chief Asim Munir to the United States in two months.
The BLA has been fighting for decades against the Pakistani government for independence.
'Furthermore, the United States expressed condolences for the loss of civilians and members of law enforcement agencies in terrorist incidents in Pakistan, including the barbaric Jaffar Express terrorist attack and the bombing of a school bus in Khuzdar," the statement said.
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