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Roland99

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Thu Jan 4, 2018, 06:59 PM Jan 2018

Trump administration suspends most security aid to Pakistan

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-suspends-security-aid-to-pakistan/2018/01/04/303145e4-f18a-11e7-b3bf-ab90a706e175_story.html?utm_term=.f65d96e51c19

The Trump administration will suspend most security assistance to Pakistan, the State Department said on Thursday, expanding its retribution over militant safe havens that U.S. officials blame for ongoing violence in Afghanistan.

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert, speaking to reporters, said the suspension would allow the administration, which will freeze the aid payments but not allocate the money elsewhere, to reassess in the coming year.

Because the administration had previously said it would suspend $255 million in foreign military funding for Pakistan, the new announcement will have limited practical effect in the short term, as officials wait to see if Pakistan takes new action against militants.
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Trump administration suspends most security aid to Pakistan (Original Post) Roland99 Jan 2018 OP
Once again I would like to say TEB Jan 2018 #1
American leadership has been destroyed. Our allies will come to hate us. Doodley Jan 2018 #2
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