Islamabad, Oct 10 : US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman has urged Pakistan, Afghanistan to work together with the United States in the fight against terrorism.

Grossman said that the number of Pakistani civilians who have been killed in terrorist attacks was, as 19,000 of them have died since 2003, The Daily Times reports.

“Extremism and terrorism is a threat to Pakistan, and it’s a threat to Afghanistan, and it’s a threat to the United States. We ought to, all three of our countries, be able to work together to try to deal with this problem,” he said.

He said that Pakistan and the US are trying to figure out ways to share their interests on this and other such issues, and then act on them together.

“What we continue to talk about is the need for engagement between the United States and Pakistan. And if I might add, also the need for engagement between Pakistan and Afghanistan,” the paper quoted him, as saying. (ANI)