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US could lift aid suspension if Pakistan takes steps: State Dept.
 [Al Ahram] The United States could consider ending a suspension of security assistance to Pakistain, if take "decisive and sustained" actions against hard boy groups in the country, the State Department's No. 2 official said on Tuesday.Expect decisive and sustained talk. "We may consider lifting the suspension when we see decisive and sustained actions to address our concerns, including targeting all terrorist groups operating within its territory, without distinction," Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The U.S. government last month said it was suspending at least $900 million in security assistance to Pakistain until it takes action against the Afghan Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... and the Haqqani network hard boy groups. Posted by: Fred 2018-02-07 |
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