Trump blocks $1.1 bn security aid to Islamabad; can survive, says Pakistan
The US has suspended more than $1.15 billion security help to Pakistan, blaming Islamabad for harboring dread gatherings like the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani Network inside its fringe and demonstrating an unwillingness to take "unequivocal activities" against them .Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said on Thursday that Pakistan could get by without United States' guide, as the comparable circumstance had happened in the past as well."They did it in the past too, which is clear from our history. They have dependably deceived us in tough circumstances," Geo News cited Asif as saying.The solidifying of all security help to Pakistan comes days after President Donald Trump in another year tweet blamed Pakistan for offering nothing to the US except for "falsehoods and misleading" and giving "place of refuge" to psychological militants as a byproduct of $33 billion guide in the course of the most recent 15 years. Conspicuous among ...