The United States has again repeated its stance that border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan is still a safe haven for many terrorist groups. State Department spokesperson John Kirby answering a question said the governments in Afghanistan and Pakistan know this themselves and have made efforts in the past to work together to try to address that threat.
He said the US is of the opinion that effort in this regard has not always gone smoothly, and we continue to urge those two governments to work together along that spine to eliminate the safe haven that so many groups there still enjoy, because those groups are targeting both Afghan and Pakistani civilians, innocent people that continue to die and be maimed by these groups
"So there's a shared interest there, and that's what we're focused on. And we're not focused on lines on the map; we're focused on lines of effort to go after these groups by both governments", the spokesman said while answering a question about US stance on the Durand Line.