{"id":8607,"date":"2024-09-04T14:52:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T09:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/?p=8607"},"modified":"2024-09-04T14:52:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T09:52:09","slug":"us-to-continue-to-stand-shoulder-to-shoulder-with-pakistan-against-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/asia\/us-to-continue-to-stand-shoulder-to-shoulder-with-pakistan-against-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"US to \u2018continue to stand shoulder to shoulder\u2019 with Pakistan against terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United States said on Tuesday that it would continue to stand \u201cshoulder to shoulder with Pakistan in its fight against terrorism<\/a>\u201d, while referring to last month\u2019s series of attacks in Balochistan that targeted security officials and civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pakistan has sought United States\u2019 help in dealing with economic and security challenges. The requests were conveyed during a meeting between US Ambassador Donald Blome and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Mini\u00adster Ishaq Dar earlier in the day on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting took place after more than 70 people lost their lives in Balochistan in separate terrorism attacks<\/a> last month, including the Musakhail incident<\/a> where armed men offloaded passengers from trucks and buses early morning and shot at them after checking their identities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the State Department\u2019s daily news briefing<\/a> on Tuesday, Spokesperson Matthew Miller was asked about Pakistan\u2019s requests for help, to which he said: \u201cThe United States and Pakistan have a shared interest in combatting threats to regional security, and we will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with Pakistan in its fight against terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miller added that Pakistani people had \u201csuffered greatly at the hands of violent extremist terrorists and our hearts go out to the families and loved ones of those killed\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Addressing energy shortage a priority\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Regarding a question related to Iran\u2019s final notice to Pakistan about the gas pipeline project and the threat of a hefty $18 billion fine, Miller said that the US would continue to impose sanctions on Iran and advised anyone against considering deals with the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd as a matter of course, we also advise anyone considering business deals with Iran to be aware of the potential ramifications,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding Pakistan\u2019s energy crisis, Miller highlighted that helping the country address its \u201cenergy shortage is a priority\u201d and that they continued \u201cto discuss energy security\u201d with the federal government.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The United States said on Tuesday that it would continue to stand \u201cshoulder to shoulder with Pakistan in its fight against terrorism\u201d, while referring to last month\u2019s series of attacks in Balochistan that targeted security officials and civilians. Pakistan has sought United States\u2019 help in dealing with economic and security challenges. The requests were conveyed during […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":8608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,80,396,82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan","category-asia","category-latest","category-paksitan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8607"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}