Pakistan and the United States on May 13 recognised that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Daesh terrorist group are posing a threat to regional and global security, underscoring close cooperation between the two countries to deal with the challenge, reports The Express Tribune. The two countries held a counter terrorism dialogue in Washington and a joint statement issued on May 13. Additional Foreign Secretary for the UN and OIC, Ambassador Syed Haider Shah, and US Department of State Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Ambassador Elizabeth Richard, co-chaired Pakistan-US Counterterrorism Dialogue on May 10 in Washington DC. The joint statement said the Counterterrorism Dialogue underscored the cooperation between Pakistan and the United States in addressing the most pressing challenges to regional and global security, including TTP and ISIS-Khorasan. The statement is seen as significant as the US recognised the TTP posed a threat to regional and global security. Previously, the TTP was seen as a threat to Pakistan only. Islamabad has been telling the outside world, particularly the key stakeholders that ignoring the TTP threat may eventually haunt them.