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Washington,Nov.21: The United States has suspended a total of $1.66 billion in security assistance to Pakistan, following President Donald Trump’s directive early this year, the Pentagon informed on Tuesday.
“USD 1.66 billion of security assistance to Pakistan is suspended,” Col Rob Manning, spokesperson of the Department of Defense told reporters.
In September, the Pentagon suspended $300 million in aid to Islamabad, citing the government’s alleged failure to fight the Taliban and terrorists groups that conduct cross-border attacks from Pakistani territory into Afghanistan
Prasanta Patnaik