United States to establish an audit office in Islamabad to manage the US aid to Pakistan; US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake: India is supportive of financial assistance to “stabilize Pakistan”;
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    • The United States intends to establish an audit office in Islamabad to manage the spending of US aid to Pakistan, reports noted. The office will supervise the accounting of the overall US assistance to Pakistan under Coalition Support Fund (CSF) and the Pakistan Counter-Insurgency Capability Fund (PCCF). The officials in Islamabad will report to the Inspector General’s office in Washington.1

    In a related development, US Assistant Secretary of State, Robert Blake noted that even though India has voiced concerns on misuse of US military aid to Pakistan, India is supportive of financial assistance to “stabilize Pakistan.” Blake was addressing a State Department blog forum in Washington on June 8. Blake had on an earlier occasion admitted that US is pressing Pakistan to go on with its operations in Swat and South Waziristan.2

    Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkey reached an understanding to eliminate militancy which they agreed was a “threat to humanity”. The resolve was made at a trilateral meeting in Istanbul on June 7 in which the foreign ministers of the three states participated.3

    In other developments, there was clash between two militant organizations in Landikotal in khyber Agency resulting in the death of 21 people. The incident occurred between Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Swat chapter.4 On the other hand, 15 militants were killed in a US missile attacks in North Waziristan on June 11.5

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