Exclusive: Pentagon Cancels Aid to Pakistan Over Record on Militants

Exclusive: Pentagon Cancels Aid to Pakistan Over Record on Militants
U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis attends the swearing in ceremony for new Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on July 30, 2018. Brian Snyder/Reuters
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WASHINGTON—The U.S. military said it has made a final decision to cancel $300 million in aid to Pakistan that had been suspended over Islamabad’s perceived failure to take decisive action against militants, in a new blow to deteriorating ties.

The so-called Coalition Support Funds were part of a broader suspension in aid to Pakistan announced by President Donald Trump at the start of the year, when he accused Pakistan of rewarding past assistance with “nothing but lies & deceit.”