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| Pakistan could lose status as privileged ally over Afghan militant support, warns US |
| 2017-08-24 |
| [DAWN] The United States warned an angry Pakistain on Tuesday that it could lose its status as a privileged military ally if it continues giving safe haven to Afghan krazed killer groups. One day after 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... unveiled a new strategy to force the Taliban ...Arabic for students... to negotiate a political settlement with the Kabul government, his top diplomat upped the heat on Islamabad. Trump had warned that Pakistain's alleged support for the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani myrmidon network would have consequences, and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has now spelled these out. "We have some leverage," Tillerson told news hounds, as he fleshed out Trump's speech, "in terms of aid, their status as a non-NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... alliance partner -- all of that can be put on the table". As one of 16 "Non-NATO Major Allies", Pakistain benefits from billions of dollars in aid and has access to some advanced US military technology banned from other countries. This year, the US has already withheld $350 million in military funding over concerns Pakistain is not doing enough to fight terror, but the alliance itself was not in question. |
| Posted by:Fred |