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2018-01-10 India-Pakistan
Pakistan has suspended military and intelligence cooperation with US: defence minister
[DAWN] Pakistain has suspended military and intelligence cooperation with the United States in the wake of US President Donald Trump
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's allegation that Pakistain has given the US "nothing but lies and deceit" and suspension of security aid for Pakistain, Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan said while addressing a gathering at Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad on Tuesday.

Speaking during a seminar titled 'Contours of Security Environment of Pakistain', Khan said the US is facing defeat in Afghanistan despite spending billions of dollars. He alleged that the US is using Pakistain as a 'scapegoat' for its failures in Afghanistan.

"Pakistain does not want to put a price on its sacrifices but wants them to be recognised," the defence minister said, adding that Pakistain will not allow Afghanistan's war to be fought on Pak territory.

Khan also said that the US is busy in a blame game against Pakistain rather than providing it with assistance to secure the Pak-Afghan border.

The US Embassy in Islamabad said it had not been informed about the suspension of military cooperation by Pakistain.

"We have not received any formal communication regarding a suspension," Embassy front man Richard Snelsire said, according to VOA news.

Answering a question during the seminar, the defence minister said that Pakistain took the right steps by blocking NATO
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supplies to Afghanistan in the aftermath of 2011 attack at Salala check post.

But Pakistain is not taking the same route after Trump's recent tirade as it is a "leverage we want to use at the appropriate time", he clarified.

Posted by Fred 2018-01-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ]  Top
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#1 Huh. After they sheltered bin Laden for years, I wonder what the difference will be
Posted by Rob Crawford 2018-01-10 06:50||   2018-01-10 06:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Cooperation may not mean the same thing in Arabic that it does in English...
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-01-10 08:48||   2018-01-10 08:48|| Front Page Top

#3 So they decided to stop lying about pretending to cooperate.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-01-10 08:55||   2018-01-10 08:55|| Front Page Top

#4 More like they will be messing with our LOG Trains for Afghanistan.
Posted by newc 2018-01-10 09:40||   2018-01-10 09:40|| Front Page Top

#5 You have a point, newc. But please tell me again why we care about Afghanistan.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2018-01-10 11:02||   2018-01-10 11:02|| Front Page Top

#6 Cooperation may not mean the same thing in Arabic that it does in English...

Or, given that it’s Pakistan, Punjabi, Pashtun, Sindhi... ;-)
Posted by trailing wife 2018-01-10 11:13||   2018-01-10 11:13|| Front Page Top

#7 Urdu.....
Posted by Frank G 2018-01-10 12:14||   2018-01-10 12:14|| Front Page Top

#8 How can we tell?
Posted by Deacon Blues 2018-01-10 14:27||   2018-01-10 14:27|| Front Page Top

#9 Guess the 19th hole around Washington DC won't be the same no tea boys after a grueling day of dorky clothing back room deals to sell out the country and ass sex in the bushes ahhhhh wahhhhh!
Posted by Jeaque Glomoter1116 2018-01-10 14:30||   2018-01-10 14:30|| Front Page Top

#10 I wish Joe Mendiola's son would just change his online name and be done with it.
Posted by Raj 2018-01-10 15:35||   2018-01-10 15:35|| Front Page Top

#11 How can we tell? Does it make a difference to us?
Posted by Seeking cure for ignorance 2018-01-10 16:31||   2018-01-10 16:31|| Front Page Top

#12 Stealth drones everywhere!
Posted by T. Panda2560 2018-01-10 20:47||   2018-01-10 20:47|| Front Page Top

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