"The Secretary had very fruitful conversations about where we can find common ground," Pentagon chief spokesperson Dana White said.

Mattis meeting with Pakistan leaders was to find common ground in fight against terror: Pentagon

'The Secretary reiterated that Pakistan must redouble its efforts to confront militants and terrorists operating within the country,' the Pentagon said in a statement

US defence secretary Mattis asks Pakistan to 'redouble efforts to confront terrorists'

WION morning news brief, November 5, 2017

The US administration had last week condemned Pakistan for the release of JuD chief Hafiz Saeed from house arrest.?

Watch: US defence secretary Mattis arrives in Pakistan, set to discuss Hafiz Saeed's release

"As the US Secretary of State Tillerson made clear, our goal is not war but rather the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula," Mattis said in the truce village of Panmunjom.

Our goal is not war but denuclearisation of Korean peninsula: Jim Mattis

The Trump administration today threw its weight behind India's opposition to the China- Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), saying it passes through a disputed territory and no country should put itself into a position of dictating the Belt and Road initiative

One Belt One Road goes through disputed territory: US

The task of micro-managing the local population remains an uphill task as the Afghans would be wary, and weary, of yet another bout of foreign presence in their country.

US plan to win Afghan stalemate is zero-sum game

Abu al-Atheer, military spokesman for the US-backed Maghawir al-Thawra rebel group, told Reuters US?forces had spread from their initial location at Tanf to set up a second base at Zakf, around 60-70 km (40-50 miles) to the northeast

US expands presence in Syrian desert: Rebels

Tillerson said that the review will not only look at Iran's compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal but also at its behaviour in the region

Tillerson accuses Iran of 'alarming provocations' amid review of nuclear deal

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