WASHINGTON, June 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. National Security Adviser James Jones will visit Afghanistan, Pakistan this week for reviewing implementation of the Obama administration's new anti-terror strategy, his spokesman said Monday.
"At the request of the president, national security advisor Jim Jones is traveling to Afghanistan and Pakistan to follow-up on the implementation of our new, comprehensive strategy," said National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer.
Vowing to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaida and Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the president decided in March to deploy additional 21,000 troops in Afghanistan and to offer Pakistan 7.5 billion dollars over five years.
The Pakistani army said Monday that the campaign against the Taliban militants in the country has been in the final phase, claiming 1,592 militants have been killed in Swat valley of North West Frontier Province since late April.
Jones will also visit India at the invitation of his Indian counterpart M.K. Narayanan, according to Hammer, the visit is part of "our ongoing effort to further deepen and strengthen our key bilateral partnership with India."