Why Pakistan matters

Published August 24, 2017 4:01am ET



In his Monday evening speech on Afghanistan, President Trump signaled an about-face in U.S. policy towards Pakistan.

“We have been paying Pakistan billions and billions of dollars at the same time they are housing the very terrorists that we are fighting.” Trump continued, “But that will have to change, and that will change immediately.”

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