Ties with US under stress, acknowledges Pakistan envoy Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry

The US has recently suspended about USD 2 billion in security aid to Pakistan for failing to clamp down on the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani Network terror groups and dismantle their safe havens.

By: PTI | Washington | Published: January 25, 2018 1:56 pm

Ties with US under stress, acknowledges Pakistan envoy

Pakistan’s ambassador to the US Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry (Reuters)

Acknowledging that Pakistan’s relationship with the US is “under stress”, the country’s envoy here has urged Washington not to look at Islamabad with a “very narrow approach” through one lens or the other.

The US has recently suspended about USD 2 billion in security aid to Pakistan for failing to clamp down on the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani Network terror groups and dismantle their safe havens. The freezing of all security assistance to Pakistan comes after US President Donald Trump, in a New Year’s Day tweet, accused the country of giving nothing to the US but “lies and deceit” and providing “safe haven” to terrorists in return for USD 33 billion aid over the last 15 years.