Pakistan, US term TTP, Daesh ‘most pressing challenges’ to global security

Pakistan and the United States have termed the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Daesh as “most pressing challenges” to regional and global security while underlining the importance of bilateral cooperation in tackling the threat of terrorism.

According to a statement issued by the Foreign Office on Monday, Additional Foreign Secretary for the UN and OIC, Ambassador Syed Haider Shah, and US Department of State Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Ambassador Elizabeth Richard, co-chaired the Pakistan-US Counterterrorism Dialogue on May 10 in Washington.

Discussions centred on the counterterrorism landscape in the region, with a focus on areas of mutual interest.

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