US-Pakistan relations

Pakistan-Afghanistan map The U.S.-Pakistan relations headed into 2018 with more strains as President Donald Trump alleged that Islamabad has not reciprocated the United States’ assistance with adequate cooperation in the fight against terror. In a tweet,...

Rex Tillerson at his confirmation hearing January 2017, Photo: Office of the President-elect/Wikimedia Commons Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said the United States wants to work positively with Pakistan but the South Asian country must...

Photo: Pakistan Prime Minister’s House, Islamabad Defense Secretary James Mattis, one of the most influential figures in President Trump’s Administration, has emphasized that finding common ground with Pakistan is the appropriate way to achieve counterterrorism objectives in...

Photo: Zach Rudisin via Wikimedia Commons The White House has called for immediate re-arrest and prosecution of Hafiz Saeed, alleged mastermind of 2008 Mumbai attacks, saying inaction on the issue will have repercussions for US-Pakistan relations. “The...

The U.S.-Pakistan relationship is important for regional and global peace and the two countries are working to reset their bilateral ties amid geopolitical shifts transforming the international environment, a top Pakistani diplomat emphasized at a discussion....

Describing the recent high-level engagement between Pakistani and American officials as useful toward rebuilding trust, Ambassador Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry has expressed the hope for re-invigoration of the bilateral relationship. Speaking at the World Affairs Council, Connecticut...

President Donald Trump’s South Asia strategy “focuses on reducing tensions between Pakistan and India” and Washington urges the two countries to revive their dialogue at the earliest, a senior American diplomat said. “The United States does...

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has denied that he lectured Pakistan on fighting terror during his visit to the region but said the United States has clearly laid out its counterterrorism expectations from Islamabad. “Pakistan is...

US, Pakistani pin flags Photo: http://www.crossed-flag-pins.com Vice President Mike Pence has said Pakistan is responding to the U.S. leadership on the international stage with renewed cooperation in the fight against terror. “–as was evidenced in the...

Top American diplomat Rex Tillerson had a series of meetings with Pakistani leaders to seek stronger action against the Afghan militant groups as the United States pursues a new policy to address troubles plaguing landlocked Afghanistan...