The US is having conversations with Pakistani leadership about the need to shutdown safe havens for Taliban terrorists along the Afghan-Pakistan border that are providing a source of more insecurity and instability inside Afghanistan, Pentagon said.
India has played a constructive role in Afghanistan in the past by providing assistance in training and infrastructure improvements that helped maintain stability and good governance in the country, the Pentagon has said.
Secretary Austin and General Bajwa discussed the ongoing situation in Afghanistan, regional security and stability, and the bilateral defence relationship more broadly, said Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby.
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