US freezes aid
December 13 2011 at 04:21pm
AP
Sacks of ammonium nitrate, substance used to make explosive in Lahore, Pakistan. Picture: AP/K.M.Chaudary
Washington: The leaders of a US House-Senate negotiating panel said they had agreed to freeze $700 million (R5.7 billion) in US aid to Pakistan until it provides some assurances of assistance in the fight against improvised explosive devices.
The devices are among militants’ most effective weapons against US and coalition troops in Afghanistan. Many are made using ammonium nitrate, a common fertiliser shipped across the border from Pakistan.
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