Pakistan fires back at Trump: US has given nothing but ‘invective & mistrust'

Source: The Hill | January 1, 2018 | Brandon Carter

Pakistan fired back at President Trump on Monday, saying the U.S. has given it “nothing but invective and mistrust” after Trump lashed out at the country and threatened to withhold aid in an early morning tweet.

“[Pakistan] as anti-terror ally has given free to US: land & air communication, military bases & intel cooperation that decimated Al-Qaeda over last 16yrs, but they have given us nothing but invective & mistrust,” Pakistan’s defense minister, Khurram Dastgir-Khan, said on Twitter.

“They overlook cross-border safe havens of terrorists who murder Pakistanis,” he added.

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Last week, The New York Times reported that the Trump administration was considering withholding $225 million in aid from Pakistan over the country’s handling of terrorism.

In August, Trump unveiled a new U.S. strategy for the war in Afghanistan aimed at defeating the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani Network, an affiliated group that operates in Pakistan.

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