U.S.-Pakistan Thaw Leaves Two Major Issues Still Frozen
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Pakistan and the U.S. signed an accord governing supply routes for international forces in Afghanistan as the South Asian nation’s spy chief heads to Washington for talks this week aimed at easing irritants to ties.
The agreement signed yesterday will release more than $1 billion in withheld American economic assistance, Pakistan Television said, citing top U.S. embassy official in Islamabad Richard Hoagland. Lieutenant General Muhammad Zaheer-ul-Islam, the chief of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate, or ISI, is scheduled to hold discussions with U.S. counterparts, his first official visit since taking charge, according to a Pakistani army statement.