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Peshawar, May 18, 2007 – Dr. Philip Gordon, a senior fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, speaks at the Peshawar Press Club on Friday. The U.S. Embassy’s Press Attaché, Dr. Elizabeth Colton, and the President of the Peshawar Press club also present at the event.
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Peshawar - Dr. Philip H. Gordon of the Brookings Institution has observed that “Pakistan's help is of vital significance for the U.S.” to establish peace in war-torn Afghanistan, and “without its support Afghanistan can never be peaceful.”
"We are working together to ensure that Al Qaeda and the Taliban are completely flushed out from Pakistan," Dr. Gordon said while delivering a lecture on “Pak-U.S. relations” at the Lincoln Corner in Peshawar University on Saturday.
The Brookings Senior Fellow said it was unfortunate that the partners on terror were victims of terror and added that more attention should be focused on the economy as poverty was the root-cause of most problems.
Dr. Gordon noted that President Pervez Musharraf was a strong United States ally in the on-going war on terror and that the American government highly valued the courageous and bold policies of the Pakistani government in this regard.
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