US announces $2bn military aid package for Pakistan

[drona]

The US has announced a $2bn (£1.3bn) package of military and security aid to Pakistan on the final day of the latest Washington-Islamabad strategic talks.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unveiled the five-year deal, which is subject to Congressional approval.

But the Obama administration will make clear it expects Islamabad to do more in the fight against Islamic militants.

The US has given Pakistan more than $1bn of military aid a year since 2005; last fiscal year, it gave nearly $2bn.

US officials said Pakistan needed further, specific assistance for the fight against militants and needed to know it could rely on the US in the long term.

So unlike previous military aid approved on a yearly basis, this is a five-year package.

The aid will pay for equipment needed in counter-insurgency and counter-terror operations, among other things.

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[abdul]

of the 2 billion
1 billion will be used for there nuclear program
0.6 or 0.7 billion will be used rich and powerful(corrupt)
the rest will e given tho the army and police

[Fish]

Americans/Nato are aware that they have lost the war and this is a bribe to Pakistan to help them bring lasting peace to Afghanistan so they can leave.

With this money Americans are asking Pakistan to force Afghan Taliban and their leaders to sit down at the bargianing table and accept peace and put down their guns.

I think, for a short term it's a gain for Pakistan, but for long term it will be gain for Afghanistan.

Pakistan is moving towards the wrong path. They are bankrupt and they will use this money to come out of this crisis, but they will in the other hand force Taliban to accept peace.

I can gaurantee you also that after 5 years or so the Taliban will stage coup through Afghan National Army and take power.

[Wrayun]

It's funny...there is a thread about Pakistan disintegrating, and then there is a thread how Pakistan is not going to be receiving aid...yet here is news that says Pakistan is going to receive 2 billion...to do what? Well, exactly what you saw in those youtube videos.

People forget that the Americans knew all along that Pakistan was supporting the Taliban, and sheltering "al-Qeada". Those at the top play their own game, those in the middle are wondering whats going on, those at the bottom are fooled by constant disinformation.

But the Obama administration will make clear it expects Islamabad to do more in the fight against Islamic militants.

bla bla blabla bla bla blabla.... whatever. Keep killing Pukhtoons on both sides, in the name of "war on terror" and spreading "democracy".

Perang babagans are here to help us, oh great. Beggars can't be choosers. Haven't anyone read history?

outb4, "this is a great game by the West/NATO/US to trick Pakistan into blah blah"

[Shehbaz Khan]

And according to me Pakistan is shortly gonna start an operation in North Waziristan and this money is just 'chaye, pani' for the Army

[Wrayun]

The war was lost 1000 years ago. The world does not seem to understand that no one can rule this graveyard of empires.

What graveyard? British came pissed and shat in Afghanistan, left it divided. Russian came pissed and shat in Afghanistan, killed everything that was there, left home. Americans are here, they will ****, piss, rape, plunder, and if we are lucky will leave. If not, Afghanistan is going to become your grave yard. All that gung ho macho history is a LIE told to you by our forefathers to protect their complexes. Russia exists, British exists, last I checked are far better off than the supposed graveyard of empires (more like a dump yard). The graveyard is in such bad conditioned that those who are the children of the graveyard wouldn't touch with the a 5 mile long stick.

What's wrong with you kids...where do you get this nonsense from? Wake up.

ps, calling your homeland a graveyard, hahahaha you know... usually it's the "too good to be jihadi" themselves non-Afghans who promote this attitude. They never want to make their motherland graveyards, they always want yours to be come the graveyard. For example Col Imam, Khorasani black banners, and Hamid Gul etc. Shame on those who call their homeland a graveyard. Shame.... hey tell us something about your country? ohhhh you see, my country is a GRAVEYARD...yeah its so great, its a graveyard.

[Shehbaz Khan]

But before the vary same thing they will kill, they will try to shoot and during this a very low percentage of the culprits and a high percentage of civilians will be killed

[Shehbaz Khan]

^Hehe this is what you believe

[KhyberKhan]

looks like this is the blood money to killing pashtuns in waziristan