He made that pledge a day after Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the military's top officer, described for a Senate panel the challenges of fighting the militants without combat troops on the ground.
"They're still a bit militant, eager to combat the scandalous lack of resources in the south.
Most of these applicants are precisely the people who can help combat militant Islam in their own countries.
Barry Bearak (NYT) KYRGYZSTAN: ANTI-TERRORISM ACCORD The interior ministers of 11 former Soviet states meeting in Kyrgyzstan agreed to work together to combat militant Islamic groups that have been attacking southern Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
In his first address to Parliament since being reappointed as prime minister following his party's big election victory in May, Mr. Singh appeared to open the door to new talks, saying India would meet Pakistan "more than halfway," if Pakistan took concrete steps to combat militant groups operating in its territory.
In response to this attack, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gave the military extra powers in October to combat militant groups in Sinai.
The Pentagon says a renovated air force could help the country combat militant groups, such as those that killed four Americans at the U.S. embassy in Benghazi in 2012.
However, Mubarak's fall led to the MAD's dissolution, raising question about the Egyptian government's capacity to effectively combat militant jihadist forces.
On Tuesday, government officials quoted by Reuters said that Yemen had sent "thousands" of troops to combat militants in the provinces of Shabwa, Marib and Abyan, thought to be havens for militants.
The effort was among a number of secret activities undertaken by the American government in a shadow war around the globe to combat militants and root out terrorists.
Senior administration officials, including top military officers, are also voicing increasing exasperation with Pakistan's efforts to combat militants in the mountainous region along the border with Afghanistan.
