US, Pak discuss steps to deal with IED threats

October 06, 2012 09:32

The US and Pakistan have agreed to work together for improving their efforts to combat the threat posed by improvised explosive devices in the Af-Pak region.

During a meeting of the US and Pakistan Convene Law Eforcement and Counter-terrorism Working Group yesterday, the two countries discussed means to disrupt illicit networks that supply the components and financing for IEDs in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik and William Brownfield, the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs co-chaired the meeting at the Foggy Bottom headquarters of the State Department.

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