ISLAMABAD — Amid loud opposition calls for retaliation, Pakistani officials on Friday decried “arbitrary deadlines” and “unilateral pronouncements” after the Trump administration suspended an estimated $1 billion in military assistance.
In one of the harshest actions in years between the troubled allies, the Trump administration moved to block the military aid at the end of a contentious week that began with the president accusing the Pakistanis of years of “lies & deceit.”
State Department officials said they are holding back the aid as an incentive for Pakistan to take “decisive action.
Pakistan official accuses U.S. of betrayal after suspension of military aid
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