"You know that we've been talking to the Pakistani government about the Haqqani network for arguably years. This was a key subject when the secretary (of State) was there in October, November and we continuing to work on it together," Nuland told reporters at her daily news conference.
"We have been talking to the government of Pakistan about our counterterrorism cooperation. This is part and parcel of the dialogue we're having about how we can do more together, and we'll continue to have it," she said, responding to a question.
Nuland said the talks with Pakistan were on over the issue of reopening of the ground lines of communication which were closed by Islamabad following the November 26 incident in which 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed in a NATO cross border fire.
"When Ambassador (Marc) Grossman was in Pakistan, what was it, some 10 days ago, he had substantive conversations himself with regard to the opening of the land routes.
"Then he brought with him an expert team to work with the Pakistani expert team. That team is still in Pakistan. They're continuing to work together on this issue," she said.
A day earlier the NATO Secretary General had said that talks with Pakistan are still going on in this regard.
