Kerry vows to boost security, intelligence efforts to support fight against militants

The United States will boost its security and intelligence efforts as the Pakistani government moves against militants in its restive northwest region, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday, in the wake of the shocking school massacre last month.

Pakistan began a full-scale offensive against Taliban and other militants in its North Waziristan tribal district in June, a long-standing demand of Washington that had for years called for action against groups that used the region to launch cross-border attacks against US troops in neighboring Afghanistan.