We would like to emphasize that efforts to stabilize the Afghanistan and Pakistan region and improve our bilateral ties remains a priority.
General Joseph L. Votel, Commander of US CENTCOM, met with COAS General Raheel Sharif just a few days ago and discussed matters of mutual interests with special emphasis on security situation in the Pakistan and Afghanistan region. General Joseph L. Votel applauded Pakistan Army’s efforts in countering terrorism. General John Nicholson, Commander Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan also met with Gen. Raheel Sharif last week and discussed our shared goals and objectives in the Afghanistan and Pakistan region.
It is important to keep in mind that the U.S. and Pakistan are two independent partner nations, and certain issues pertaining to our military cooperation remain under discussion. And sometimes it is easy to highlight the differences while overlooking our long partnership that proves that we’ve overcame many challenges and continue to remain united. At the end of the day, we remain fully optimistic in regards to the future of our relationship. We repeat what the State Department’s spokesperson, John Kirby said a few days ago: “It is an important, vital relationship that we strongly believe in. Is it complicated at times? Absolutely, it is. Do we see eye to eye on every issue with Pakistan? No, we don’t. But that’s why the relationship matters so much, because we have shared threats and shared concerns, shared interest in the region, and we’re going to continue to work at it.”
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We would like to emphasize that efforts to stabilize the Afghanistan and Pakistan region and improve our bilateral ties remains a priority.
General Joseph L. Votel, Commander of US CENTCOM, met with COAS General Raheel Sharif just a few days ago and discussed matters of mutual interests with special emphasis on security situation in the Pakistan and Afghanistan region. General Joseph L. Votel applauded Pakistan Army’s efforts in countering terrorism. General John Nicholson, Commander Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan also met with Gen. Raheel Sharif last week and discussed our shared goals and objectives in the Afghanistan and Pakistan region.
It is important to keep in mind that the U.S. and Pakistan are two independent partner nations, and certain issues pertaining to our military cooperation remain under discussion. And sometimes it is easy to highlight the differences while overlooking our long partnership that proves that we’ve overcame many challenges and continue to remain united. At the end of the day, we remain fully optimistic in regards to the future of our relationship. We repeat what the State Department’s spokesperson, John Kirby said a few days ago: “It is an important, vital relationship that we strongly believe in. Is it complicated at times? Absolutely, it is. Do we see eye to eye on every issue with Pakistan? No, we don’t. But that’s why the relationship matters so much, because we have shared threats and shared concerns, shared interest in the region, and we’re going to continue to work at it.”
Ali Khan
Digital Engagement Team, USCENTCOM
What is the status of F16 jet delivery to Pakistan?
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We are certainly experiencing a crucial phase in our partnership at the moment. We must point out that the U.S. and Pakistan have been able to work through several challenging times and continue to place the importance of our shared peace objectives above the rest. We are seeing plenty of speculations regarding the current state of affairs between our nations. It is important to know what is actually being said from our officials instead of believing fabricated stories and lies.
This is what the U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby said regarding the U.S. and Pakistan relationship couple of weeks ago: “It is an important, vital relationship that we strongly believe in. Is it complicated at times? Absolutely, it is. Do we see eye to eye on every issue with Pakistan? No, we don’t. But that’s why the relationship matters so much, because we have shared threats and shared concerns, shared interest in the region, and we’re going to continue to work at it.”
We would like to inform the readers what the U.S. said regarding the new Taliban leader. According to the transcript of State Department Spokesperson Mark Toner’s press briefing last week: “I think our olive branch would be simply that we have long said that we support an Afghan-led, Afghan-owned peace process and reconciliation process, and we would welcome any efforts by the new Taliban leadership to engage.”
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USA is nobody's friend. They only care about their interests.
and what is so wrong about it? kudos to usa for being no ones friend except of its own.
we shd learn from USA and its politicians who always put their country;s interest before their own. is it usa mistake that every pakistani politician and military leader was willing to sell himself and herself for personal petty benefits? is it also usa mistake that every pakistani is a hypocrite who is willing to do any thing to get usa citizenship but then always ready to badmouth usa and blame usa for all of the shortfalls in pakistan.
why blame usa for all of our idiotic steps? didnt iran protect its borders and manage all afghan settlers in such a smart way during afghan war and what did our army do? like idiots, they called it a jihad and destroyed our society forever. didnt trurkey refuse to be a usa puppet after 911?
