{"id":41850,"date":"2018-09-05T17:10:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T17:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/05\/pompeo-dunford-hopeful-us-pakistan-relations-can-restart\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:24:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:24:48","slug":"pompeo-dunford-hopeful-us-pakistan-relations-can-restart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/09\/05\/pompeo-dunford-hopeful-us-pakistan-relations-can-restart\/","title":{"rendered":"Pompeo, Dunford hopeful US-Pakistan relations can restart"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=200a7aaf-bf78-4c88-b501-7c83b2218823\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-200a7aaf-bf78-4c88-b501-7c83b2218823.png\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford said talks with Pakistan\u2019s leaders provided an opportunity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISLAMABAD \u2014 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford said rounds of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/09\/05\/dunford-pompeo-pressure-pakistan-on-militant-support\/\" target=_blank> talks with Pakistan\u2019s leaders<\/a> Wednesday provided an opportunity to \u201creset the relationship\u201d between the two countries but acknowledged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/09\/03\/top-us-general-departs-for-pakistan-india-to-bolster-afghanistan-strategy\/\" target=_blank>both sides had a long way to go <\/a>on key security issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve had lots of times where we\u2019ve talked and made agreements, but we haven\u2019t been able to actually execute those,\u201d Pompeo said. Today\u2019s discussion, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/09\/02\/pentagon-decides-not-to-release-300m-in-aid-to-pakistan\/\" target=_blank>newly-elected Prime Minister Imran Khan<\/a>, his foreign minister Shah Mahmood Quareshi and Pakistani Army Chief of Staff Javed Bajwa, had a different tone, Pompeo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere was broad agreement \u2026 that we need to begin to do things that will begin to actually on the ground deliver outcomes so we can begin to build confidence and trust between the two countries,\u201d Pompeo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/09\/05\/dunford-pompeo-pressure-pakistan-on-militant-support\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dunford.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Dunford, Pompeo pressure Pakistan on militant support<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">U.S. military and diplomatic leaders seek to persuade Pakistan to go after Haqqani, Taliban groups within its borders.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However there were no specific agreements reached Wednesday that could lead to the U.S. reinstating some of the military aid it has withheld, Pompeo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve still got a long way to go,\u201d Pompeo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much of that reset will be based on the existing military-to-military exchanges that have persisted between the U.S. and Pakistan, a relationship Pompeo called \u201cfoundational.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/09\/02\/pentagon-decides-not-to-release-300m-in-aid-to-pakistan\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4CIXLS7KRRFTJOYYUJ24AWKAWE.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Pentagon decides not to release $300M in aid to Pakistan<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Pentagon says it\u2019s taken final steps to cancel $300 million in planned aid to Pakistan.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are \u201clots more discussions to be had, but the relationship military to military is one that has remained in a place where some of the other relationships haven\u2019t frankly,\u201d Pompeo said. \u201cThey\u2019ve still continued to have relationships, worked on lots of projects together, and I hope we can use that as one of the foundational elements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dunford also said there were no indications that the U.S. use of supply routes through Pakistan would be impacted even as the latest U.S. round of withheld military aid takes effect in Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1192\" height=\"628\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dunford-islamabad-2.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dunford-islamabad-2.jpg.jpg 1192w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dunford-islamabad-2.jpg.jpg?resize=300,158 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dunford-islamabad-2.jpg.jpg?resize=768,405 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dunford-islamabad-2.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,539 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1192px) 100vw, 1192px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Marine Corps Gen. 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