US to Suspend Security Assistance to Pakistan

The United States is suspending security aid to Pakistan until the country takes decisive action against terrorists.

By Staff Writer Last updated Jan 5, 2018

Pakistan Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Raheel Sharif, and U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., in Kabul, Afghanistan, Mar. 2, 2016. Photo: DoD by D. Myles Cullen/Released

The United States is suspending security aid to Pakistan until the country takes decisive action against terrorists, U.S. Department of State spokesperson Heather Nauert said on Thursday.

“There may be some exceptions … on a case by case basis,” Ms. Nauert noted.

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.@PressSec on @POTUS withholding aid to Pakistan: "This is a president who does what he says he's going to do." https://t.co/V8RD48Uv4Y pic.twitter.com/GAbdz0TYyM

— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 2, 2018

The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools. They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 1, 2018