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After suspension of $1 bn security assistance, Trump now endorses bill to end ‘all aid to Pakistan’ | The Indian Express

After suspension of $1 bn security assistance, Trump now endorses bill to end ‘all aid to Pakistan’ | The Indian Express

After suspension of $1 bn security assistance, Trump now endorses bill to end ‘all aid to Pakistan’

The US move to suspend security aid came four days after Donald Trump accused Pakistan of “lies and deceit”, and providing a “safe haven” to terrorists. 

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: January 6, 2018 1:46 pm

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President Donald Trump recently slammed Pakistan government for failing to act against terror groups. (AP Photo)

A day after US suspended $1 billion security aid to Pakistan for failing to act against Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani terror network, President Donald Trump on Saturday backed a demand to eliminate all aid to Pakistan. He took to Twitter to endorse Senator Rand Paul’s bill to eliminate all US aid to Pakistan.
Paul, who is also a senior Republican leader, said on Friday that US should stop giving assistance to countries which “chant death to America”. The Kentucky Senator also posted a video on Twitter elaborating on his bill.

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