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Pentagon Cancels $300 Million in Pakistan Aid, Citing Lack of Support

• https://news.antiwar.com, Jason Ditz

Over the weekend, the Pentagon announced that they have cancelled $300 million in military aid to Pakistan. They say this is because the Pakistani government is "not doing enough" to support the US war in Afghanistan, and to fight militants on the border.

This, along with other moneys withheld from Pakitan in the past, brings the total cut over the past year to $800 million. Pentagon officials say that they are seeking Congressional approval to spend the money elsewhere, though they declined to say on what.

The Pakistani government was critical of the move, with Sen. Mushahid Hussain noting that the money being withheld was never meant to be aid in the first place, but rather was money owed to Pakistan by the US military for services provided during the war.


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