In the United States, a former top Pentagon official has urged Trump administration to stop being manipulated by Pakistan and cease all military and financial aid to Islamabad. Speaking at an event highlighting the Pakistan policy of duplicity in Afghanistan, Christopher D Kolenda, a former Pentagon senior advisor, said, as a first step, Washington should suspend Pakistan's non-NATO ally status and cease military aid and assistance payments.<br/><br/>He said it is time for the United States to restore dignity in its relationship with Pakistan. Kolenda said,even under a robust US-led sanctions regime in the 1990s, Pakistan was supporting insurgencies in Kashmir and Afghanistan as well as, pursuing their nuclear program.