White House to Urge Pakistani Leader to Ramp Up Anti-Terror Crackdown

White House to Urge Pakistani Leader to Ramp Up Anti-Terror Crackdown
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan attends a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of State in Bishkek on June 14, 2019. Alexey Druzhinin/AFP/Getty Images
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Trump administration officials plan to use the official White House visit by Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan on July 22 to urge the leader to intensify and continue a recent crackdown on terrorists and militants operating in the South Asian nation, according to a senior administration official.

The White House will also ask Khan to help Washington reach a permanent ceasefire with the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Ivan Pentchoukov
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Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
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