but leaves Lashkar-e-Taiba...the
Army of the Pure,an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is
banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI...
out (LeT).
The National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA) 2018 ‐ approved by a voice vote by both the House and the Senate on Thursday evening provides about $700 billion for US defence needs in 2018.
The NDA 2018 also provides $700 million for reimbursing Pakistain for monitoring the Pak-Afghan border but withholds half of the amount.
It also prevents the administration from issuing a waiver for $350m unless the US Secretary of Defence certifies to the congressional defence committees that: "Pakistain continues to conduct military operations that are contributing to significantly disrupting the safe havens, fundraising and recruiting efforts, and freedom of movement of the Haqqani Network in Pakistain.
"Pakistain has taken steps to demonstrate its commitment to prevent the Haqqani Network from using any Pakistain territory as a safe haven and for fundraising and recruiting efforts. The government of Pakistain is making an attempt to actively coordinate with the government of Afghanistan to restrict the movement of bully boys, such as the Haqqani Network, along the Afghanistan-Pakistain border. Pakistain has shown progress in arresting and prosecuting big shots and mid-level operatives of the Haqqani Network."
Previous versions of the bill required the secretary to issue a similar certificate for LeT but its name was dropped from the later version, known as the conference.
In the conference versions, the House and the Senate remove their differences on various issues and present a reconciled version to the full Congress for approval.
Delinking LeT from the Haqqani Network reflects Washington’s desire to keep its focus on Afghanistan and encourage Pakistain to cooperate. Policy makers in Washington feel that linking an India-specific group like LeT with the Haqqani Network could discourage Pakistain from cooperating with the US in the war in Afghanistan.
On Friday, the bill was sent to President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
for signing it into a law.