Ruling out sending American troops to Pakistan to assist the country's offensive against Taliban, Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee today said Islamabad would have to develop a "homegrown" policy to fight extremists.
The United States, he said, would help empower Pakistani forces and enhance the capabilities of its government to
successfully fight out the extremist elements, which are posing a severe danger to the very existence of the country.
"It can't be an American-driven policy. It can't have an American imprint or footprint. This really has to be homegrown
and that's what we're really working with Pakistanis to achieve," Kerry told the Fox news in an
interview.