United States Marine Corps General Joseph F. Dunford Jr has said that his country still has three key interests in Pakistan that include promotion of regional stability, preventing Al Qaeda's reemergence and proliferation of nuclear weapons.
According to the Dawn, General Dunford, who heads the US Marine Corps, said that Pakistan's cooperation was also important to ensure a "peaceful outcome in Afghanistan."
The lawmakers at the three-hour long hearing at the US Senate Armed Service Committee, showed keen interest in the future of US-Pakistan relations.
General Dunford also said that the US-led coalition and Afghan government were closely watching the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria's (ISIS) attempt to expand its territory to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
