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Trump stopped providing military aid to Pakistan as it harbours militancy, says Nikki Haley

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Philadelphia: An Indian-American Republican politician Nikki Haley has said that President Donald Trump has stopped providing “billion dollars” in military aid to Pakistan as it harbours militants who were trying to kill American armed forces personnel.

Haley made these comments during an event organised by the Indian Voices for Trump in the battleground state of Philadelphia. During her speech, she also praised Trump’s foreign policies.

The two-term governor of South Carolina, Haley was the first Cabinet-ranking Indian-American in any presidential administration. She is now campaigning for Trump ahead of the US election.

“We were giving a billion dollars in military aid to Pakistan, who was turning around harbouring militants, that are trying to kill our American soldiers. We do not give that billion dollars,” a report by news agency ANI quoted former US envoy to the United Nations as having said.

“Now, there’s actually a method that the President using, which looks, we should not just use a UN vote to decide who to get funding, but it should be one of the things we look at. And we need to be smart about how we do foreign policy,” she added, according to the report.

In 2018, Trump administration suspended USD 300 million in funding to Islamabad over what it calls the government’s failure to take action against militants.

“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 and deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools. They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!” Trump had tweeted in January 2018.

On June 24, the US had released its Congressional-mandated 2019 Country Reports on militants, in which it accused Pakistan of remaining a “safe harbour” for regional militant groups.

 

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