US to work with Rab to curb terrorism

US Navy Rear Admiral RDML Sean Pybus, commanding general, US Special Operations Command, Pacific, has assured Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) of working together on counterintelligence and curbing terrorism.
The assurance came at a meeting between a six-member US delegation led by Sean Pybus and a team of the Rab high-ups led by Rab Director General Hassan Mahmood Khandker at the headquarters of the elite force in the city on Monday, says a press release.
Rab official sources said the members of the US delegation also visited the Rab office and expressed their satisfaction at the Rab activities.
They also called on the home minister and Inspector General of Police (IGP).
Meanwhile, 20 Rab members on Monday completed a weeklong training programme on 'Major Crime Investigation' jointly organised by Rab and British High Commission in Dhaka.