Jaap de Hoop Scheffer lauded Pakistan's contribution in the war against terrorism. He underscored that in this war Pakistan was a pert of the solution and this fact was always acknowledged by NATO.

A tribesman sifts through the rubble of a residential structure after an air strike by US-led coalition forces in Sheikh Baba area of the Mohamand region at Pakistan-Afghan border June 11, 2008.. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

A Pakistani soldier patrols the Pina Sooka area after an air strike by US-led coalition forces in the Mohamand region at the Pakistan-Afghan border June 11, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
(Xinhua News Agency June 13, 2008)