Kerry in Pakistan to shore up counterterror cooperation

ISLAMABAD (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Pakistan on Monday to press the country’s leadership to step up the fight against extremists and eliminate safe havens for terror groups along the Afghan border.

Kerry in Pakistan to shore up counterterror cooperation

 He was welcomed by Pakistan’s foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz and headed directly into meetings with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Kerry is making the case for more robust efforts against all extremist groups in the country, particularly after last month’s devastating Taliban attack on a Peshawar school that killed 150 people, most of them children.