FM meets US delegation on sidelines of Munich moot

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto met a delegation led by American Congressman Lynsey Graham, the 24NewsHD TV channel reported on Saturday.

During the meeting, they agreed to enhance cooperation to tackle challenges.

They met on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. 

Speaking on the occasion, Bilawal Bhutto urged the international community to help in capacity building of the Afghan interim authorities to take on threats of terrorism.

He said the international community wanted the Afghan interim government to live up to its obligations and commitments in areas like women's education, all-inclusive government and tackling potential threats from terrorism, emanating from terrorist groups of Daesh.

The foreign minister said that if this issue was not taken seriously, the terrorist groups could conduct terrorist activities from Afghanistan as had been witnessed recently from incidents in Pakistan.

Terrorism not only posed threat to immediate neighbours of Afghanistan but also to the West, he cautioned.

Pakistan had helped Afghanistan in the past and would continue to do so as it had hosted the largest number of Afghan refugees on its soil, he said, adding that the international community could not wash their hands and turn away from Afghanistan.