{"id":73551,"date":"2017-07-22T09:51:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-22T13:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=73551"},"modified":"2017-07-22T10:45:05","modified_gmt":"2017-07-22T14:45:05","slug":"pentagon-stops-payments-to-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=73551","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon stops payments to Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Foreign Policy Magazine<\/a> reports that the Pentagon stopped a $300 million payment to the Pakistan government for it’s participation (or the lack thereof) in the war against terror.<\/p>\n

Defense officials and congressional aides have for months said that the new strategy won\u2019t focus solely on Afghanistan, but take a more regional approach. This includes stepping up pressure on Pakistan to dismantle Taliban and Haqqani sanctuaries in western Pakistan, both of which use the mostly ungoverned area to launch attacks into neighboring Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

At issue is over $300 million in funding that U.S. officials say will be used to fund other priorities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe funds could not be released to the Government of Pakistan at this time because the secretary could not certify that Pakistan has taken sufficient action against the Haqqani Network,\u201d Adam Stump, a Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Of the $900 million originally marked for Pakistan, $550 has already been disbursed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The decision stems from the release of a State Department report which claims that Pakistan hasn’t taken “substantial action” against the Haqqani Network of terrorists, or the Taliban. The report also claimed that Pakistan is a safe haven for the terrorists. It also resulted from the new Defense Secretary’s view of the war in Afghanistan as a regional conflict rather than focused solely on Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Pakistan rejected the charges on Thursday. \u201cWe have taken indiscriminate and all out action against terrorists,\u201d Foreign Office Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria told reporters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, then let’s see the severed heads, Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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