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A US delegation headed by Daniel Benjamin, State Departments coordinator for counter terrorism for Pakistan and Afghanistan, will arrive in Pakistan next week for talks on joint efforts for combating terrorism. This will be Benjamins second trip to Islamabad in three months. The US delegation would discuss how to better use non-military capabilities to fight extremism in the region. They said Benjamin would discuss the Faisal Shahzad case, as US authorities had alleged that the recent bomb attempt had originated from Pakistan. According to diplomats, the delegations visit will be a follow-up of a high-level visit to Pakistan last week by US National Security Advisor General James Jones and CIA Director Leon Panetta. The US delegation will hold talks with the officials of the Interior Ministry in the context of the broader Al-Qaeda threat.Meanwhile, a US newspaper claimed that investigators in Pakistan had detained at least 13 people with alleged ties to Faisal Shahzad, the man accused of trying to bomb Times Square in New York City.
