Hillary Clinton confirms that U.S aid to Pakistan will continue

Hillary Clinton confirms that U.S aid to Pakistan will continue

Hillary Clinton has confirmed in his latest address to the press that United States of America will continue to support Pakistan in economic terms as undermining the relationship between the two countries right now will result
in a negative impact on U.S interests in the region. The relationship between Pakistan and America has been souring for a while after the media revealed that Pakistan had been supporting the Taliban whilst the U.S had been fighting them in Afghanistan.

Pakistan’s alleged support to the Haqqani network in the tribal areas of FATA has been yet another concern for the United States who has carried out drone strikes in the area to eliminate terrorist factions. Mrs. Clinton addressed
the Congress recently and endorsed America’s military as well as economic aid to Pakistan in order to successfully carry on with the war on terror.

Hillary Clinton said, “In Pakistan, it means leveraging the resources provided by the landmark Kerry Lugar-Berman legislation to address major economic challenges that threaten Pakistan’s stability. Our civilian
efforts were never designed to solve all of Afghanistan’s development challenges or to completely turn around Pakistan’s economy. But they do aim to give Afghans and Pakistanis a stake in their countries’ futures and undercut the appeal of insurgency”

She further elaborated that U.S has an opportunity now to establish lasting stability and security in the AfPak area with economic development. United States will hope that it’s continued civilian contributions to the Pakistani
government pay off in good time as far as their efforts on the war on terror go. Pakistan army has already been under pressure to conduct renewed operations in the FATA area to hunt down any remaining terrorists. The AfPak region is going to be a centre of
debate in the upcoming elections in America where Obama is due to stand for re-election.

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Posted by Hamza Jahangir on Nov 5 2011. Filed under Latest News, Pakistan, World. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry