The Express Tribune: FO confirms US stopped Pakistan military officers training

In this file photo, a State Department contractor adjusts the Pakistan national flag before a meeting between the then US Secretary of State John Kerry and Pakistan’s former Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on the sidelines of the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism at the State Department in Washington Feb. 19, 2015. (REUTERS)

August 17: The Express Tribune report by Kamran Yousaf states that Islamabad on Thursday officially confirmed that Washington has suspended training programme for the Pakistan military as part of President Trump administration’s decision in January to suspend all security assistance to the country. “The US has been provided training to Pakistan military officials under a specific programme – International Military Education and Training (IMET) – for the last many years.

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