A US senator visiting Islamabad on Friday said he was pressing Pakistan to reduce the flow of an explosives material used in roadside bombs that wound and kill hundreds of US soldiers in Afghanistan. Senator Robert Casey said in a conference call that his talks with civilian and military leaders as well as senators focused on having Pakistan implement its strategy to cut shipments of ammonium nitrate or fertilizer.
“I want to see their strategy implemented, and then we’ll be able to better assess it. But they have not implemented a strategy yet, and… that’s one of the reasons I’m over here,” Casey told reporters. But he added, “I think we made real progress impressing upon the Pakistani leadership our sense of urgency to get results on this strategy to reduce the flow of ammonium nitrate into Afghanistan.”