"The United States continues to aggressively target extremists in Pakistan and the surrounding region, including charities and other front groups used as vehicles to facilitate illicit terrorist activities. But he also warned that the emerging China Pakistan Economic Corridor "will probably offer militants and terrorists additional targets. "Pakistani-based terrorist groups will present a sustained threat to US interests in the region and continue to plan and conduct attacks in India and Afghanistan.The threat to the United States and the West from Pakistani-based terrorist groups will be persistent but diffuse. Plotting against the US homeland will be conducted on a more opportunistic basis or driven by individual members within these groups. Pakistan will probably be able to manage its internal security.Anti-Pakistan groups will probably focus more on soft targets.

Source: Times of India May 12, 2017 16:03 UTC