Pakistan important for secure, stable Afghanistan: US
WASHINGTON: The US Department of State has said that Pakistan is an important partner in supporting a secure and stable Afghanistan, which is vital to the security of the region. Speaking at a daily media briefing the State Department’s spokesperson Jen Psaki said, “Pakistan’s own security and stability is tied to a successful outcome in Afghanistan and any steps that continue to build the relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in our view, are very important.” To a question she said that the US was aware that Pakistan’s Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz visited Afghanistan this past weekend. Without disclosing any specifics in terms of a date, she further said that US Secretary of State John Kerry was likely to visit Pakistan shortly. inp
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