WASHINGTON – Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the USis willing to assist Pakistan to upgrade border security amid cross-borderattacks, *Dawn *reported.
FM Bilawal, who recently visited the US on a week-long visit, saidWashington is willing to provide funds to Islamabad to tackle cross-borderattacks from Afghanistan.
Bilawal told the publication that two US senators, Bob Menendez and LindseyGraham, assured him of funding to enhance border security.
Lately, the United States also signaled support to help Pakistan counter aresurgence of TTP violence in the South Asian country as officials raisedquestions about skirmishes in a border town in northwestern Pakistan.
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Commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM), General Michael E Kurillavisited Peshawar Corps to review security in the area bordering Afghanistanand visited the Khyber Pass where we observed defensive belts andobservation posts.
The US army general visited Pakistan at a time when terror attacksescalated and border tensions have been soaring between Islamabad and Kabulafter deadly skirmishes on the Chaman-Spin Boldak border.
