US suspends military training program for Pakistan

The United States has started cutting scores of Pakistani military officers from the education and training program, Pakistani media reported on Aug. 11.

• ISLAMABAD – Anadolu Agency
• Hurriyet

The U.S. military institutions are “struggling” to fill the 66 slots,  which they had kept aside for Pakistani officers, for next academic year, the daily Dawn quoted anonymous sources as saying.

The move comes a few days after Pakistan and Russia signed an  agreement to allow Pakistani military officers to receive training in Russian military institutions.

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