Pyongyang, October 23 (KCNA) -- Pakistan's army chief said in a rare briefing to parliamentarians that the U.S. should focus its efforts on stabilizing neighboring Afghanistan, rather than pressuring Islamabad to step up its war against Islamist militants on Pakistani territory, a parliament member said Wednesday.

The real problem lies in Afghanistan, not in Pakistan, he said, adding that the U.S. should think "10 times" before launching such action because Pakistan was not Iraq or Afghanistan.