US Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Nikki Haley, on Monday, said that Pakistan should not be given ‘even a dollar’ as it continues to harbour terrorists, who ‘turn around and kill American soldiers’. Talking to a US magazine- The Atlantic, Haley said that funds released to Pakistan should be based on the goodwill displayed by that nation, rather than, funding and expecting goodwill in return.
“The one example I’ll give you is, look at Pakistan. Giving them over a billion dollars, and they continue to harbour terrorists that turn around and kill our soldiers that’s never okay. We shouldn’t even give them a dollar until they correct it. Use the billion dollars. That’s not a small amount of change,” she said.
In September, the Trump administration had suspended a $300 million military aid to Pakistan citing inaction over terrorism. Further, Trump, in a letter to Khan had also sought Pakistan’s cooperation in bringing peace to Afghanistan. In response, Khan had said that Pakistan was no longer America’s ‘hired gun’.