{"id":20432,"date":"2024-05-14T11:52:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T11:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=20432"},"modified":"2024-05-14T11:52:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T11:52:21","slug":"us-pakistan-agreed-on-joint-counter-terrorism-efforts-analysts-say-not-sufficient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2024\/05\/us-pakistan-agreed-on-joint-counter-terrorism-efforts-analysts-say-not-sufficient\/","title":{"rendered":"US, Pakistan agreed on joint counter-terrorism efforts; analysts say &#8216;not sufficient&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MONITORING (SW) &#8211; Amid rising dissatisfaction and security disputes between Kabul and Islamabad, Pakistan&#8217;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced an agreement with the United States to jointly combat terrorism, particularly against ISIS and Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This agreement was reached following discussions between delegations from both countries.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from Pakistan&#8217;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the agreement reads: &#8221; Both governments resolved to increase communication on these topics and continue collaboration to detect and deter violent extremism through whole-of-government approaches. The Counterterrorism Dialogue reaffirms Pakistan\u2019s and the United States\u2019 shared determination to contribute to both regional and global security and stability.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although the statement from Pakistan&#8217;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not mentioned Afghanistan, Pakistan consistently claims that the TTP is present in Afghanistan, and is supported by the Islamic Emirate.<\/p>\n<p>The Islamic Emirate, however, denies these claims and recently, in response to Pakistan&#8217;s allegations, the Ministry of Defense emphasized that Pakistan has allowed ISIS to use its territory against Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>ISIS and TTP are the two groups that Pakistan and the United States have agreed to fight against them.<\/p>\n<p>However, experts in Afghanistan believe that combating these groups requires cooperation and coordination with the de-facto government in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>An expert on security affairs, Sadeq Shinwari, says, &#8220;ISIS and TTP have become a regional threat. A unilateral agreement between the U.S. and Pakistan is not sufficient to control these groups.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Aziz Stanekzai, another analyst, also share his views on the matter: &#8220;It would be beneficial if the US and Pakistan shared their intelligence resources with Afghanistan to curb the destructive groups that have a presence in Afghanistan and operate from bases in Pakistan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h6><em><strong>ENDS<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONITORING (SW) &#8211; Amid rising dissatisfaction and security disputes between Kabul and Islamabad, Pakistan&#8217;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced an agreement with the United States to jointly combat terrorism, particularly against ISIS and Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":20433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[990,1,984,978,372,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-0_swnen","category-news","category-security","category-region","category-headline"],"views":61,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20434,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20432\/revisions\/20434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}