Pakistan Seeks US Help Against Pakistani Taliban in Afghanistan

FILE - Armed militants of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), stand next to graffiti supporting the group at a camp in a Pakistan, July 21, 2008. Pakistan's army chief on Dec. 13, 2023, asked the U.S. for help in defeating such militant groups, allegedly harboring in Afghanistan. FILE - Then-Pakistan army Lt. Gen. Asim Munir attends a ceremony in Islamabad, Pakistan, Nov. 1, 2022.

Pakistan's army chief is in Washington this week seeking U.S. assistance against what Islamabad alleges are terrorist havens in neighboring Afghanistan.