Pakistan and the U.S. have agreed to deepen bilateral cooperation to tackle leading militant groups, including the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), ISIS-Khorasan and the Taliban.
It transpired during their bilateral counterterrorism dialogue in Islamabad on Tuesday (August 12, 2025), a day after the U.S. designated the Pakistan-based BLA a Foreign Terrorist Organisation.
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The dialogue was co-chaired by Nabeel Munir, Pakistan's Special Secretary for the U.N., and Gregory D. LoGerfo, the Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the U.S. Department of State.
According to a joint statement issued after the meeting, the two sides reaffirmed their shared commitment to combating terrorism in "all its forms and manifestations".
