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Summary US, Pakistan and Afghanistan must work together to take robust action to stop terror attacks.
This was said by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in her call to Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar Monday.Clinton discussed the coordinated attacks in Kabul with Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and underscored our shared responsibility for robust action -- by the US and ISAF, by Afghanistan, and by Pakistan -- to confront and defeat terrorists and violent extremists, a US official said.State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Clinton had called Khar to talk about the next steps after Pakistans parliament approved new guidelines on its thorny relations with the United States.The recommendations drawn up by a national security committee include a ban on transporting weapons through Pakistan to neighboring Afghanistan, as well as an end to drone attacks in Pakistani territory and an unconditional apology for US air strikes in November that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.The two diplomats also discussed the attacks in Afghanistan on Sunday in which militants carried out a series of coordinated attacks in Kabul in an unprecedented 18-hour assault.--AFP
