Washington: A US Congressman on Thursday urged President Joe Biden to impose sanctions on Pakistan and cut off its aid over the country’s assistance to the Taliban in Afghanistan.
US Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) sent a letter to President Biden saying that the US must immediately cut off all aid to Pakistan and consider sanctioning Islamabad unless they change course and make greater efforts to prevent the Taliban from using their border region to regroup between firefights, the congressman said in a press release.
He also urged Biden to take immediate steps to provide assistance to the Afghan people in their fight against the Taliban, the congressman said in a press release.
In the letter, Congressman Waltz requested Biden provide military resources to assist the Afghan National Security Forces including air support to blunt the Taliban offensive.