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US considering withholding aid to Pak over its inaction against terror networks

The United States is considering withholding aid to Pakistan over its inaction against terror networks.<br/><br/>According to the New York Times, the Trump administration is strongly considering to withhold 255 million US dollar in aid to Pakistan, reflecting dissatisfaction with Islamabad's inaction against terror networks. It said the relations between the US and Pakistan have strained steadily since President Donald Trump declared that Pakistan gives safe haven to agents of chaos, violence and terror. <br/><br/>The New York Times report comes days after US Vice President, Mike Pence said in Kabul that the Trump administration has put Pakistan on notice. The US, which has provided Pakistan more than 33 billion US dollars in aid since 2002, said in August that it is withholding the 255 million US dollars until Pakistan did more to crackdown on terrorist groups.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, Pakistan, according to the daily, has refused to give the US access to one of the abductors of the Canadian-American family who were freed early this year, the latest disagreement in the increasingly dysfunctional relationship between the countries. Pakistan's military also warned the US on Thursday against the possibility of taking unilateral action against armed groups on its soil, in its strongest response yet to tensions between the two allies.<br/>

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