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US finds action against Haqqani network inadequate

Those helicopters will have an effect on our USA relations.. We must ignore and go forward as our foreign policy can't be USA centric alone.. USA will have to learn to treat us as equal trade partners rather than slaves.
 
IMO, its good for Pakistan.. Pakistan doesnt have to listen to US anymore .
 
Nawaz Sharif is an idiot who is on vacation most of the time and think he can be the Foreign Minister too !! Pakistan Army is not doing adequate job of clearing off militants from Pakistan. They still have their good and bad Talibans which is an open secret.
Raheel Sharif is de-facto ruling the country, in fact he has visited most of the big nations which matters in Pakistan foreign policy. Pak Army should intervene and get the FM portfolio assigned to some aggressive seasoned diplomat.
 
Whatever little influence American have on Pakistan will be lost and won't be able to influence PA or Governement in the future and the only loser will be UNCLE SAM for ever .


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The U.S. government will withhold certification of Pakistan’s counter-terrorism operations against the Haqqani network.

By Ankit Panda
August 21, 2015

The United States government will not certify Pakistan’s counter-terrorism operations in North Waziristan over recent months as adequately damaging to the Haqqani network, a U.S.-designated terror group. The U.S. Department of Defense has reportedly notified the Pakistani embassy in Washington of the development, according to a report by Dawn. The non-certification of the Pakistani counter-terror campaign, known as Operation Zarb-e-Azb, will block the release of a new tranche of U.S. financial assistance for the Pakistani military from the Coalition Support Fund (CSF). CSF support had been extended for a year with a specific stipulation that the U.S. Department of Defense would certify the effectiveness of Pakistani military operations in North Waziristan against the Haqqani network.

The development would drive a major wedge between the United States and Pakistan, two allies who have grown apart over their divergent interests and priorities in stabilizing the broader Afghan-Pakistan border. Beyond the financial implications of the blocked CSF tranche, the development will deal Islamabad a politically damaging blow. As the Dawn report notes, given the recent deterioration in ties with Kabul amid allegations from the Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, that Pakistani has inadequately reigned in cross-border terrorists, including militants affiliated with the Haqqani network, the U.S. government’s decision to withhold certification vindicate Afghan perceptions.

The suspension of the next CSF tranche, once confirmed, will certainly sour U.S.-Pakistan ties, which haven’t been quite normal since 2011, when the United States’ most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden, was killed by U.S. commandos in a raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan. With Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s scheduled state visit planned for October, Washington will have some time to work out their differences. The extent to which the CSF tranche suspension will affect Pakistan’s defense spending is unclear—reports earlier this year suggested that Islamabad had counted “payment from the United States’ coalition support fund for coalition forces in Afghanistan who are using Pakistani territory for logistic support” as part of its overall budget. Pakistan received last month’s tranche of $337 million from the United States, though suspension now will mean Islamabad will fall short of receiving the expected $1.5 billion in CSF aid for the current fiscal year.

In a coincidence of timing, reports that the U.S. government would withhold certification of Pakistan’s counter-terrorism operations came as Pakistan and Russia concluded a major defense deal for the sale of four Mi-35 Hind attack helicopters. As I noted last year, Russia lifted its self-imposed arms embargo on weapons deliveries to Pakistan, taking advantage, in part, of Islamabad’s recognition of souring ties with the United States and Moscow’s own search for new defense customers. The Mi-35 deal could lead to a broader Pakistan-Russia defense relationship but there will be some constraints for the two sides as they seek to expand cooperation, particularly Russia’s significantly broader defense commercial relationship with India.

US Set to Suspend Military Aid to Pakistan | The Diplomat[/QUOTE]
 
Remember, USA threaten its own allies NOT to join Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) from China Bank but UK, Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden and more countries agreed to joined AIIB. US's voice will change every week.
 
They have given billions to Pakistan for the privilege of having said funds channelled into sending their boys home in body bags throughout the past decade and a bit, why would they now go and change their policies towards Pakistan?

The Americans are too stupid to make any such moves- this is all talk.
 
I don't think Pakistan should worry that much and US has bigger problems to spend money on.
 
This is GREAT news. Pakistan should stop depending on handouts from Uncle Sam and stop buying unreliable American weapons prone to sanctions.
 
Effects of us building relations with USAS rivals aka China and Russia. The ties are becoming stronger and uncle sam is flexing a few muscles ... Well tbh we find their entire war in Afghanistan and Iraq inadequate. Taliban are still in Afghanistan combatting the joke of an army they trained and Iraq has become the hub of Isis who is fighting the joke of an army they have trained over there. All hell has broken lose and yes that nation is pointing fingers at us that we are not doing a good job. The botched up mess America created and failed to contain is going to effect multiple countries and millions of people but yeah OK. Rather than taking responsibility they are telling us about inadequate.

This POTM

Bro you are extremely intelligent and insightful. Pakistan is being unfairly blamed for American failure in Afghanistan . If the Americans can't completely destroy the Taliban and are now negotiating with them, what do want Pakistan to do about it? If the world's most powerful military can't stop them than obviously we can't. Pakistan gets blamed for everything. I'm surprised the Americans hav'nt blamed Pakistan for the mess in Syria and Ukraine. I'm sure they'll find a way.
 
US wants Pakistan to kill all "Good" and "Bad" Taliban without discrimination.Pakistan will never do it.America is known for disposing their tools once used.Pakistan doesn't have this policy.Pakistan remembers the favor.These "Good" Talibans are the reason there is no Soviet flag waving in Kabul and during Afghan war America was even ready to lick their boots but now they are used Murica is getting mad.I so wished Russia would have conquered Afghanistan then Americans would have shitted their pants.I think it's time to remind Uncle Sam we saved their asses too many times.
 
Since when did that happen ?

Pakistan already knew this would be the last year for CSF, having been on extension for one year as the program proper ended last year. The previous tranche of $370 million was released out of funds for this extended year already, so even this will not be a total loss.
 
Pakistan already knew this would be the last year for CSF, having been on extension for one year as the program proper ended last year. The previous tranche of $370 million was released out of funds for this extended year already, so even this will not be a total loss.

That is good then, GoP will not need to kow-tow to the US. Only IMF and PRC are left.
 
US wants Pakistan to kill all "Good" and "Bad" Taliban without discrimination.Pakistan will never do it.America is known for disposing their tools once used.Pakistan doesn't have this policy.Pakistan remembers the favor.These "Good" Talibans are the reason there is no Soviet flag waving in Kabul and during Afghan war America was even ready to lick their boots but now they are used Murica is getting mad.I so wished Russia would have conquered Afghanistan then Americans would have shitted their pants.I think it's time to remind Uncle Sam we saved their asses too many times.

So Haqqani network is same to pakistan as what pakistan is to US ?

Aren't you deriding pakistan here ? Equating it with terrorist groups ?

Seriously man, you guys gotta up the education level a bit there !
 

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