Continuation of programme signals warming relations between Washington and Islamabad. FMTNews
Trump hosted Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan at the White House in July.
Resuming the programme, which represents only a part of the halted aid, is one sign of warming relations between Washington and Islamabad. In January 2018, Trump froze the assistance, saying Pakistan was not doing enough to target bases of the Afghan Taliban and its affiliated Haqqani group. The US administration “has approved the resumption of the International Military Education and Training programme for Pakistan as one such exception, subject to congressional approval”, the spokesperson said.
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