US, Pakistan hold counterterrorism talks in Islamabad
The United States and Pakistan on Tuesday held the latest round of counterterrorism talks in Islamabad, the U.S. State Department said in a statement.
Both countries discussed the "critical importance" of developing effective strategies to terrorist threats, including those from the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), ISIS-Khorasan, and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the department said.
The United States on Monday said it was designating separatist militant group the BLA as a foreign terrorist organization.
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