{"id":21156,"date":"2018-01-05T21:07:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T21:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/01\/05\/mattis-no-indication-pakistan-decision-will-impact-afghanistan-operations\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:43:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:43:04","slug":"mattis-no-indication-pakistan-decision-will-impact-afghanistan-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/01\/05\/mattis-no-indication-pakistan-decision-will-impact-afghanistan-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"US-Afghanistan supply lines remain open after Pakistan funding cut, Mattis says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. decision to cut up to $2 billion in military assistance to Pakistan is not expected to affect the supply lines the U.S. relies upon for its Afghanistan operations, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The State Department announced the cuts Thursday in order to pressure the Pakistani government to \u201ctake decisive action\u201d against extremist groups that operate from Pakistan, including the Haqqani Network and the Taliban. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement followed President Donald Trump accusing Pakistan of \u201clies and deceit\u201d in his first Tweet of the new year. \u201cThey give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!\u201d Trump tweeted Jan. 1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday, Pakistan defended its record against fighting extremism and left open the possibility that the U.S. decision to cut aid could indeed impact U.S. operations there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are engaged with the U.S. administration on the issue of security cooperation and await further details,\u201d Pakistan\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. \u201cImpact of [the] U.S. decision on pursuit of common objectives is also likely to emerge more clearly in due course of time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday, a Trump administration official outlined the total cuts. The $2 billion includes about $1 billion in planned military assistance, including the $255 million in foreign military financing that was already on hold, and $900 million in Coalition Support Funds that would reimburse Pakistan for counterterrorism operations. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/mideast-africa\/2018\/01\/04\/us-suspends-security-assistance-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=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-883473900.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\">US suspends security assistance to Pakistan<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The new action targets payments of so-called Coalition Support Funds that the U.S. pays to Pakistan to reimburse it for its counterterrorism operations.<\/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\">In an off-camera briefing with reporters on Friday, Mattis took a more conciliatory approach. He acknowledged Pakistan\u2019s anti-terrorism efforts and emphasized that aid would be restored if the U.S. sees evidence of renewed effort by Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think many of you are aware that Pakistan has lost more troops, total, than all the NATO coalition combined,\u201d in the counterterrorism fight inside Pakistan, Mattis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs you saw in the statement, there were very specific words that said we\u2019re still working with Pakistan, and we would restore the aid if we see decisive movements against the terrorists who are as much of a threat against Pakistan as they are against us,\u201d Mattis said, referring to the State Departments official announcement on the aid cuts Thursday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis said he had \u201cno indication\u201d from the Pakistani government that the U.S. decision would impact the ground lines of communication, or GLOCs, that supply convoys use to deliver food and equipment to U.S. bases in Afghanistan. The U.S. has alternative routes to supply its forces, including flying supplies in, but that is much more expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump had been hinting at cutting off additional aid to Pakistan since he announced his South Asia Strategy last year. The South Asia strategy took a regional approach, including engagement with India and Pakistan, to trying to end the now 17-year war in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2017\/08\/26\/pakistans-trump-card-over-trumps-afghanistan-strategy\/\" 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=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17125688139725.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\">Pakistan&#8217;s trump card over Trump&#8217;s Afghanistan strategy<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">When U.S. President Donald Trump took the stage Aug. 21 to lay out his new strategy for Afghanistan, he made it clear that a key part of the policy will be pushing Pakistan to change its ways.<\/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\">\u201cWe have been paying Pakistan billions and billions of dollars at the same time they are housing the very terrorists that we are fighting. 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