The US today sought enhanced cooperation from China to disrupt, dismantle and defeat Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. US Assistant Secretary for South Asia, Robert Blake,<br/>who held talks with his Chinese counterparts in Beijing on a host of issues concerning South Asia, said Washington wants China to coordinate more with its efforts in Afghanistan and<br/>Pakistan. The talks were part of preparatory meetings ahead of the Sino-US strategic dialogue beginning on May 23 to be attended among others by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The issues discussed during Blake's talks with China apparently included those relating to India as well as Chinese plans to build two nuclear reactors for Pakistan. Chinese official media quoted Blake as saying that the purpose of the dialogue is to have a wide-ranging dialogue on all of the issues in South Asia, not just Afghanistan or Pakistan, but also India, the situation in Nepal, and the situation in Sri Lanka. The two sides also discussed US President Barack Obama's s plan to begin the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan beginning in July 2011.<br/>