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The U.S. military said it has made a final decision to cancel $300 million in aid to Pakistan that had been suspended over Islamabad’s perceived failure to take decisive action against militants, in a new blow to deteriorating ties.   


 The so-called Coalition Support Funds were part of a broader suspension in aid to Pakistan announced by President Donald Trump at the start of the year, when he accused Pakistan of rewarding past assistance with “nothing but lies & deceit.” The Trump administration says Islamabad is granting safe haven to insurgents who are waging a 17-year-old war in neighbouring Afghanistan, a charge Pakistan denies.   


 But U.S. officials had held out the possibility that Pakistan could win back that support if it changed its behaviour.   


 U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis, in particular, had an opportunity to authorize $300 million in CSF funds through this summer - if he saw concrete Pakistani actions to go after insurgents.   
Mattis chose not to, a U.S. official told Reuters.   


 “Due to a lack of Pakistani decisive actions in support of the South Asia Strategy the remaining $300 (million) was reprogrammed,” Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Kone Faulkner said.   


 Faulkner said the Pentagon aimed to spend the $300 million on “other urgent priorities” if approved by Congress. He said another $500 million in CSF was stripped by Congress from Pakistan earlier this year, to bring the total withheld to $800 million.   


 The disclosure came ahead of an expected visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the top U.S. military officer, General Joseph Dunford, to Islamabad.   
WASHINGTON REUTERS Sept 1   


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  • Martin Milton Monday, 03 September 2018 05:14 PM

    I do not believe for one moment that Pakistan will suffer from this obnoxious move by US. PRC is already a big investor in Pakistan and there is no doubt they will quickly step into this void, leaving US to 'twiddle her thumbs'. MM


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