Documents / FOIA release
This is an unclassified, For Official Use Only news compilation produced by the US Embassy Kabul Public Affairs Office and distributed by the Open Source Center on 15 August 2015. It was later approved for release by the Central Intelligence Agency in 2018. It gathers Afghan, Pakistani and international press reports on an anti-Pakistan protest in Washington, China's support for Afghan peace talks, the combat debut of Afghan MD-530 helicopters, hostage releases in Ghazni and unemployment in Kunduz. It contains nothing about UFOs.
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PrintM¢5Sag¢(s) " Approved for Release; 2818/09/0,4 088708887 0 ' Pagc 34 of49\- . .. 1- _-. \ ,_~-- _. ‘V _ - - . if _» UNCLASSIFIED/7F,O'U-0* . Y . Pakistan ' J, vi“ |,g‘y $_ _' ,- “, changing. Speaking on Pak—US ties after thefdrawdown of coalition forces from Afghanistan at Strategic Vision Institute (SVI), an Islamabad based think tank, Dr Kenneth Holland, an Afghanistan expert A " , 1 '_ said the two countries were now more focused on transforming the relationship from aid to trade; ’ I - ' ‘ » "Both countries agree that greater trade between the United States and Pakistan is desirable," Dr Holland, who heads the Center for International Development at Ball State University of Muncie, Indiana ' ‘ I ‘ » U (US), said. Dr Holland recalled that there had been fears that after ' Q i » ," ' the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the US would attach lesser .significance to the region, because of which the level of financial assistance to Pakistan would either stagnate or fall. . There has been a sharp decline in US aid for Pakistan since 2014, a time when Kerry Lugar assistance program was ending, The aid, which was about $1.5 billion in 2010 has now reduced to about $500 per annum. The bilateral trade volume has, meanwhile, largely remained stagnant. Last year it was $5.3 billion and Pakistan is currently America's 62nd largest goods trading partner. _ Dr Holland noted the steps being taken by Pakistan government for promoting trade including its commitment to promote an investment friendly environment. Pakistan also hosted the US—Pakistan_Business Opportunities Conference in March this year. He said Pakistan was particularly keen in getting investment in its energy sector. Besides, the shift to trade, the composition of aid, he observed, lS . - ' also changing. The military component of the aid is on decline, while -, ._ - _ i ~ the economic assistance constitutes a greater portion of the aid. The " , . - y - US now annually gives $500 million in economic assistance to Pakistan, while the military aid is.about $280 million. Since July 2012, the US has delivered over $1.15 billion in security - ' "\.- _ assistance to Pakistan. Dr Holland also pointed out the imminent end ‘ g ~ _ yf ’. _ ' to the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) 4 a reimbursement of the expenses_ - g _ “» _ I made by Pakistan in support of US military operations in - . . ' . UNCLASSIFIED/7FUU'6', - . , " -. 8/23/2017 Approved for Release: 2018/09/04 C06708887
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 49 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.