{"id":194844,"date":"2026-02-13T12:48:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T07:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=194844"},"modified":"2026-02-13T12:50:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T07:50:38","slug":"pakistan-remains-important-us-partner-in-region-congress-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/02\/13\/pakistan-remains-important-us-partner-in-region-congress-told.html","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan remains important US partner in region, Congress told"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-194845\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/USA-Sp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/USA-Sp.jpg 640w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/USA-Sp-390x215.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Washington: The Trump administration\u2019s point man for South and Central Asia has told Congress that Pakistan remains an important US partner in the region, with Washington seeking to expand trade, economic cooperation and security ties with the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, Assistant Secretary of State Paul Kapur addressing the House Foreign Affairs Committee\u2019s Subcommittee on South and Central Asia, underscored Pakistan\u2019s role in regional engagement and highlighted growing bilateral cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPakistan is another important partner in the region. We are working together with Pakistan to realise the potential of its critical mineral resources, combining US government seed financing with private sector know-how would benefit both of our countries,\u201d he told the subcommittee.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to broader economic engagement, Mr Kapur said: \u201cOur trade in energy and agriculture is expanding as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also pointed to continued security cooperation between the two countries, adding: \u201cAnd our ongoing counterterrorism cooperation helps Pakistan combat internal security threats while addressing transnational dangers that can harm the US or our partners.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">US Assistant Secretary of State Paul Kapur told a Congressional hearing on Feb 11 that Pakistan remains an important US partner<\/p>\n<p>Speaking before the House Foreign Affairs Committee\u2019s Sub-committee on South and Central Asia, Mr Kapur said the US is expanding ties with Pakistan to\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jmVQOW0yMg\">pic.twitter.com\/jmVQOW0yMg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/omar_quraishi\/status\/2022031752253075779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington: The Trump administration\u2019s point man for South and Central Asia has told Congress that Pakistan remains an important US partner in the region, with Washington seeking to expand trade, economic cooperation and security ties with the country. According to Kashmir Media Service, Assistant Secretary of State Paul Kapur addressing the House Foreign Affairs Committee\u2019s &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":194845,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/USA-Sp.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194844"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194847,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194844\/revisions\/194847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}