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Senator John Kerry in Islamabad for Talks

13/04/09April 13, 2009

Another high-ranking US politician has arrived in Pakistan for talks on Monday -- the Democrat John Kerry. The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee also recently proposed a bill that would triple economic aid to Islamabad. The new Obama administration has placed the country at the centre of US foreign policy. The "Asia Society Independent Task Force on Afghanistan-Pakistan" recently said the relationship between the US and Pakistan was "fundamentally dysfunctional".

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Former presidential candidate John Kerry is the latest in a string of high-profile US politicians to go to Pakistan in recent months
Former presidential candidate John Kerry is the latest in a string of high-profile US politicians to go to Pakistan in recent monthsImage: AP