USA: Trump acts on his threat, halts security assistance to Pakistan


In addition, the Department of Defense has suspended the entire $900 million of the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) money to Pakistan for the fiscal year 2017.

Times of Ahmad | News Watch | Int'l Desk
Source/Credit: The Times of India
By PTI | January 5, 2018

The US will not be delivering military equipment or transfer security-related funds to Pakistan

WASHINGTON: The US has suspended more than $1.15 billion security assistance to Pakistan, accusing Islamabad of harbouring terror groups like the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani Network within its border and showing unwillingness to take "decisive actions" against them.

The freezing of all security assistance to Pakistan comes days after President Donald Trump in a new year tweet accused Pakistan of giving nothing to the US but "lies and deceit"+ and providing "safe haven" to terrorists in return for $33 billion aid over the last 15 years.
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