If terror groups are to be defeated it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens to fight the terrorists. In a nation like Pakistan the government will have to be persuaded to deal with those in their midst who are complicit.
A minister has to be able to read a clock. At noon it's time to go home and turn up the pot roast and get the peas out of the freezer.