PakUS Strategic Partnership without Pashtuns

Today at 12:32am PakUS Strategic Partnership without Pashtuns Press ReleaseToronto – (March 19, 2010 ) - The United States and Pakistan will hold their first strategic dialogue at the ministerial level in Washington DC on March 24. The significance of this meeting can be assessed from the fact that apart from the prime minister, the foreign minister and government officials, Pakistan’s Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), General Kayani, will also be part of the delegation.The main focus will be FATA and Pukhtunkhwa. The State Department Mark Toner, said “Obviously, we're talking about … Afghanistan, the situation there, the spill-over into the FATA [Federally Administered Tribal Areas] and how to really better engage. And in fact, we've seen some successes on that front in recent weeks on...

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