{"id":32255,"date":"2018-10-29T13:14:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T07:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=32255"},"modified":"2018-10-29T13:14:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T07:44:33","slug":"trump-regime-suspends-security-aid-to-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/trump-regime-suspends-security-aid-to-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump regime suspends security aid to Pakistan\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/us-suspends-over-11-bn-security-assistance-to-pakistan\/article22372751.ece\"><strong>Trump regime suspends security aid to Pakistan<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Context<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The United States has suspended more than $1.15 billion security assistance to\u00a0 Pakistan \u00a0,accusing Islamabad of harbouring terror groups like the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani Network within its border and showing unwillingness to take \u201cdecisive actions\u201d against them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The freezing of all security assistance to Pakistan comes days after President Donald Trump accused Pakistan of providing \u201csafe haven\u201d to terrorists.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The freezing of all security assistance to Pakistan comes days after President Donald Trump, in a new year tweet,\u00a0accused Pakistan of giving nothing to the U.S.\u00a0but \u201clies and deceit\u201d and providing \u201csafe haven\u201d to terrorists in return for $33 billion aid over the last 15 years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Foreign Military Funding (FMF) suspended <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prominent among the suspended amount include $255 million in Foreign Military Funding (FMF) for the fiscal year 2016 as mandated by the Congress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coalition Support Fund (CSF)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition, the Department of Defense has suspended the entire $900 million of the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) money to Pakistan for the fiscal year 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S., she said, will not be delivering military equipment or transfer security-related funds to Pakistan unless it is required by law.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New South Asia policy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Referring to the new South Asia Policy announced by Trump in August, Nauert said despite a sustained high-level engagement by this administration with the government of Pakistan, the Taliban and the Haqqani Network continue to find sanctuary inside Pakistan as they plot to destabilise Afghanistan and also attack the US and allied personnel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Funds suspended<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The National Defense Authorisation Act 2017 provides up to $900 million for Pakistan in CSF.<\/p>\n<p>Of these funds, $400 million can only be released if the Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis certifies that the Pakistan government has taken specific actions against the Haqqani Network.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No decision<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No decision has been taken on the fate of $255 million security assistance to Pakistan for the fiscal year 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for that is September 30 this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>US civilian assistance programs will continue<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, the suspension does not include US civilian assistance programs in Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump regime suspends security aid to Pakistan\u00a0 Context The United States has suspended more than $1.15 billion security assistance to\u00a0 Pakistan \u00a0,accusing Islamabad of harbouring terror groups like the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani Network within its border and showing unwillingness to take \u201cdecisive actions\u201d against them. 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