Friday, February 23, 2018

The Mother of All Bankers

America is hoping to resolve Afghanistan by finally removing Pakistan's support for the Taliban that has kept the Taliban stronger than they'd be otherwise.

We just MOABed Pakistan:

A global money-laundering watchdog has decided to place Pakistan back on its terrorist financing watchlist, a government official and a diplomat said on Friday, in a likely blow to Pakistan's economy and its strained relations with the United States.

The move is part of a broader U.S. strategy to pressure Pakistan to cut alleged links to Islamist militants unleashing chaos in neighboring Afghanistan and backing attacks in India.

Yeah, supplying allied jihadis who strike India and who fight us in Afghanistan with one hand while taking American aid for killing rogue jihadis with the other is all fun and games until your banking access is blocked.

Britain, France and Germany backed America in this action.

UPDATE: Strategypage notes that Pakistan got a break by being given 3 months to prove they shouldn't suffer these consequences.