Pakistan Not Alone in Terror War: Hillary Clinton

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan Not Alone in Terror War: Hillary Clinton, In his first visit to Pakistan as secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday sought to dent the anti-Americanism in the country, while applauding the government for taking violent extremist forces.

Clinton praised the government of Pakistan to pressure a high risk of military offensive against extremist forces in a region near the Afghan border.

“I give the Pakistani government and military high marks for its adoption on,” he said. “That was not what I did before.”

He said an Obama administration intend to do more to support Pakistan in a wide range of issues, including economic development, power generation, education and the environment.

“We are turning the page than it has been in recent years, especially a security, anti-terrorist agenda,” he told reporters, while a press conference along with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. Fight against terrorism “remains a high priority, but we also recognize that it is essential that we expand our commitment to Pakistan”.

Arriving on a flight overnight, Clinton went straight into talks with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. She was meeting later with President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. He also planned to see the Pakistani army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.

Although this is Clinton’s first visit as secretary of state, said he was here once as first lady during the presidency of her husband, Bill Clinton, and three times as U.S. Senator from New York.

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