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Pentagon blocks $50m Coalition Support Fund payment to Pakistan
[DAWN] The US Defense Department withheld $50 million in Pakistain military payments after Pentagon chief Jim Mattis accused Islamabad of not doing enough to counter the Taliban...Arabic for students... -affiliated Haqqani network  , an official said Friday."Secretary Mattis told congressional defense committees that he was not able to certify that Pakistain took sufficient actions against the Haqqani network to permit full reimbursement of the fiscal year 2016 Coalition Support Funds," Pentagon Spokesman Adam Stump said. The United States had allotted $900mn in military aid to Pakistain through the special fund. The country has already received $550mn of that, but Mattis's decision means $50mn will be withheld. The remaining $300mn was rescinded by Congress as part of a broader appropriations act.
Posted by: Fred 2017-07-22 |
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