The offer is seen as part of an effort to ease tension over U.S. military strikes recently on the Pakistan side of the border, and U.S. impatience with Pakistan's hesitance to fight insurgents.

此举被认为是为了缓和美国最近对巴基斯坦边境一侧发动军事袭击以及不满巴基斯坦在打击激进分子上行动迟缓所引发的紧张关系。