Pakistan, US discuss how to tackle the regional security threat posed by IS group and local Taliban
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U.S. and Pakistani officials have held talks regarding expanding cooperation in tackling security threats by the Pakistani Taliban and an affiliate of the Islamic State group.
A joint statement said Pakistani diplomat Haider Shah and the State Department's coordinator for counterterrorism, Ambassador Elizabeth Richard, chaired the weekend talks.
The talks occurred amid a surge in militants attacks by the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP, and an Afghan branch of the Islamic State group. The TTP is an ally of the Afghan Taliban that seized power in Afghanistan in 2021.
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