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Pakistan hasn't done enough to counter terrorism, made no progress: Pompeo

Pompeo and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford are scheduled to meet top Pakistani leaders including the new PM Imran Khan on Wednesday from where they will move on to India for 2+2 talks

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. File photo: Reuters
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CIA Director Mike Pompeo (Photo: Reuters)

Nick Wadhams | Bloomberg
Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said Pakistan still hasn’t done enough against terror groups to merit the resumption of US security assistance, a point he said he would relate to senior leaders in the country when he visits on Wednesday.

“We certainly haven’t seen the progress that we would have hoped to have seen,” Pompeo told reporters on his plane after leaving Washington en route to Islamabad on Tuesday. “Certainly not progress that would be sufficient for us to have advocated for turning back on that financial support.”

Pompeo and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford are scheduled to meet with

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