Hillary Clinton Visits Pakistan with $7.5 Billion US Tax Dollars

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[somebozo]

fakhre bhekaran...Jenab Zardari Saheb!

 

[mjnaushad]

So will Shah Mahmood Qureshi, hold a second presser today and say Hillary was on the phone with Obama during their meeting????????

No Hillary comes with open mind.....Qureshi hold presser for those who before coming bark in there own country then say we will talk on all issue then they have no idea what they are talking about and keep calling dehli to know how to respond.


Anyway welcome back.....With your these kinds of comments i dont think you'll stay here longer so

 

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[nomi007]

shame on this type of shah

 

[Join]

shame on this type of shah

Not exactly, there are A lot many moments when one Enjoy,s being them, forgetting that they represent different nations... Its just natural.... For you and I they are no more than diplomats, But these Guys are Almost Friends.... They have every right be Like one... dont you think so?

 

[trident2010]

Its good that this time the aid is more focused for infrastructure. Much better for people.

 

[Iggy]

When i saw the heading I thought it was opened by an Indian

 

[Mughal-Prince]

YouTube - Hillary Clinton Visits Pakistan with $7.5 Billion US Tax Dollar Welfare for Friendship Program

Mauj Phakiran di ::: Mr. 10% :::

 

[Mughal-Prince]

Another hot couple after Sania and Shoaib

 

[Awesome]

Somebody ought to PS the Zardari's mug on that

They are just giving 500 million of the 1.5 bn they were supposed to give and all of that will without a doubt end up as bribes.

 

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Clinton starts trip that focuses on Afghan war​

She travels to Pakistan for trade deal and to show common goals against terror​

by MATTHEW LEE

updated 7/18/2010 6:52:51 PM ET

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, walks on the red carpet upon her arrival at PAF Base Chakala in Islamabad for meetings with leaders and officials on Sunday.

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and Afghanistan sealed a landmark trade deal Sunday as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pushed the two neighbors to step up civilian cooperation and work together against al-Qaida and the Taliban.

Shortly after kicking off a South Asia trip aimed at refining the goals of the increasingly unpopular war in Afghanistan, Clinton looked on as the Afghan and Pakistani commerce ministers signed the trade agreement. It was reached only after years of negotiation with recent and very active U.S. encouragement.

The pact, which eases restrictions on cross-border transportation, must be ratified by the Afghan parliament and Pakistani Cabinet. U.S. officials said they believe it will significantly enhance ties between the two countries, boost development and incomes on both sides of the border and contribute to the fight against extremists.

"Bringing Islamabad and Kabul together has been a goal of this administration from the beginning," said Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. "This is a vivid demonstration of the two countries coming closer together."

Despite the agreement, Clinton faces challenges in appealing for greater cooperation between the neighboring nations on the nearly 9-year-old war, pressing Pakistan for more help in taking on militants accused of plotting attacks on the U.S., including the failed Times Square bombing, and stepping up action against extremists along the Afghan border.

Although Pakistan has relented on issuing long-delayed visas for some 450 U.S. officials and Clinton is bringing new U.S. development aid for Pakistan, anti-American sentiment remains high.

In addition, U.S. officials have also expressed concerns about Pakistan's plans for a deal with China that would give energy-starved Pakistan two new nuclear power plants. Critics said transferring the reactors would violate international nonproliferation agreements.

In talks with President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, ahead of Monday meetings with military and civilian officials, Clinton was conveying the message that the U.S. is committed to the country's long-term development needs, not just short-term security gains.

Clinton is offering a package of about $500 million in development programs, funded by legislation approved by Congress to triple nonmilitary aid to $1.5 billion a year over five years. The aid will focus on water, energy, agriculture and health. The initiatives mark the second phase of projects begun under a new and enhanced strategic partnership.

Shift in Pakistani public?

Holbrooke noted that when Clinton visited Pakistan last October she had "waded into continually hostile and skeptical crowds." But he maintained that the new U.S. focus is "producing a change in Pakistani attitudes, first within the government and gradually, more slowly, within the public."

Still, he and other officials acknowledge, mistrust of America runs deep in Pakistan, particularly over unmanned drone strikes. They're aimed at militants but often kill or injury civilians; to many Pakistanis, they represent an unacceptable violation of sovereignty.

Vali Nasr, a Holbrooke deputy, said overcoming the suspicion remains a work in progress.

"We're beginning to see movement, but this is not going to happen overnight," he told reporters aboard Clinton's plane. "We're not going to be able to get them aligned over a one-year time period on every single issue and change 30 years of foreign policy of Pakistan on a dime."

Underscoring Pakistan's fragility, only hours after Clinton's arrival a suicide bomber ran past guards at a minority Shiite mosque in eastern Pakistan then blew himself up, wounding several worshippers. The attack, hundreds of miles away from Islamabad, appeared to be the latest in a string by Sunni extremists against other Muslims they consider infidels.

After her stop in Pakistan, Clinton is set to attend an international conference on Afghanistan on Tuesday in Kabul, where Afghan officials will present details on their plans to reintegrate militants into society and outline how they intend to implement reform and anti-corruption pledges made earlier this year.

Security was tightened in the Afghan capital ahead the conference which will assemble diplomats from 60 nations as well as the heads of NATO and the United Nations.

Clinton's visit to Afghanistan comes as American lawmakers and voters are increasingly questioning the course of the drawn-out war with rising death tolls among U.S. and international troops and growing questions about corruption.

Last month was the deadliest of the war for international forces: 103 coalition troops were killed, despite the infusion of tens of thousands of new U.S. troops. So far in July, 54 international troops have died, 39 of them American. An American service member was killed by a blast in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, and an American died in a blast in the south on Friday.

Later in the week, Clinton will meet up with Defense Secretary Robert Gates in South Korea, where tensions with the communist North have risen after the sinking of a South Korean warship that was blamed on the North.

She will finish her trip in Vietnam for discussions with regional leaders. Among the topics will be the upcoming elections in Myanmar.

'Fraying' support

U.S. lawmakers are increasingly questioning the course of the war in Afghanistan. The number of soldiers from the U.S. and other countries in the international coalition in Afghanistan is on the rise. Corruption is a deep problem in Afghanistan, and members of Congress wonder about the utility of massive aid to both Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The administration has said it will review its Afghan strategy at year's end. The slow progress against the Taliban and the disruptive effects of the firing of the outspoken American commander there last month, have led to a growing unease among many in Congress, including leading members of Obama's own party.

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said it is not clear that the administration has a solid strategy for prevailing. The committee's top Republican, Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, decried "a lack of clarity" about U.S. war goals.

Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., who leads the Senate Armed Services Committee, has said that while there remains "solid support" for the war among Democrats, "there's also the beginnings of fraying of that support."

In the House, Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., has put a hold on nearly $4 billion in assistance to Afghanistan, asking that allegations of corruption be addressed and demanding that the Afghan government be held accountable.

Clinton starts trip that focuses on Afghan war - Politics - msnbc.com

 

[Machoman]

Is sadle ka bus nahi chaal rahaa Kay Hilary aunty ko gahaar lay jai.