US assures Pak of all help in counter insurgency operations

Rawalpindi, Sep.8 (ANI): The United States has said it will continue its support to Pakistan in the latter's counter insurgency fight.

A US delegation comprising Congressman Adam Smith, Member of House Armed Services Committee Congressman Boby Bright and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords met Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Kayani at the General Headquarters and assured Pakistan of all possible help in its fight against militancy, The Nation reports.

Sources said Smith assured General Kayani that the Bill which will be tabled in the Congress Committee regarding providing latest defence equipment to the Pakistan Army will be supported 'thick and thin.'

Sources added that the delegation lauded the Pakistan Army for its anti-militancy operation in Swat and Malakand Divisions.(ANI)