Afghanistan welcomes Pakistan's inclusion on terror fince watch list, US aid cut

United tions, March 9: Afghanistan has welcomed the rising intertiol pressure on the counter-terrorism front against Pakistan including its recent listing on a terrorism fincing watch list and the United States withholding aid.

“We hope that this trend continues and the response to these measures is positive in the interest of peace and security in Afghanistan and the region,” Afghanistan’s Permanent Representative Mahmoud Saikal told the Security Council on Thursday. He diplomatically did not me Pakistan but the reference was clear. Last month Washington persuaded the members of FATF to reinstate Pakistan on its “grey list” of tions that are monitored for not acting adequately to stop terrorist fincing and money laundering. In January US President Dold Trump ordered withholding military aid and payments estimated at $1.2 billion to Islamabad because of its support for terrorist organisations.

Trump had accused it of giving safe havens to the terrorists that “we hunt in Afghanistan” and practising “lies and deceit.” (IANS)