The United States has said that the security partnership between Washington and Pakistan has been a priority and they will work to expand it, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Thursday.

Speaking at the daily news briefing in Washington on Wednesday, US State Department spokesman Mathew Mill said “We will continue to work to expand the security partnership between the United States and Pakistan.”

Miller was responding to a question about what support America could provide to Pakistan to combat threats from the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

When asked about the UN assistance to the Taliban government in Afghanistan, Miller said the US requires its partners’ safeguard in place to ensure the assistance reaches those who need it.

The US State Department spokesman further said “We also require robust monitoring, reporting from partner organizations implementing the assistance programmes including those in unstable and unfriendly environments.”

Miller said “When there is cause for concern related to the delivery of assistance we have plans and protocols in place to respond and we continue to monitor all of our assistance programmes,” and seek to mitigate the risk that US assistance could indirectly benefit the Taliban or could be diverted to unintended recipients.