US President Donald Trump will send his diplomatic and military advisers to Pakistan in the coming weeks. This is a US follow-up after accusing Pakistan of protecting a number of militant groups.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is scheduled to leave for Pakistan later this month, followed by Defense Minister James Mattis.
The shipment is a strong message from Trump that Pakistani support for a number of terror groups, including the Taliban, should be ended.
"We have paid billions of dollars to combat terrorists, and at the same time Pakistan protects those we are fighting against," Trump said in August.
Six weeks after the statement, the United States considers there has been no significant change from the attitude of the Pakistani government. Mattis says he will try to look back on the latest situation in Pakistan.
Washington has long been frustrated by Pakistan's stance of offering cross-border shelter for Taliban factions or other terror groups to fight US troops and their allies in Afghanistan.
The frustration culminated in 2011, when US President Barack Obama sent troops in particular to Pakistan to kill al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
Meanwhile Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif denied US allegations during his visit to Washington. He speaks Trump as an unfounded blank accusation.
"It's not the way you talked to friends who had been together for 70 years.Rather than accusations and threats, we should work together with one another for peace in this region," Asif said, confirming Tillerson's arrival.
