Coalition Support Fund and Suspended Security Aid
Overview
From 2002 the US reimbursed Pakistan's military through the Coalition Support Fund, paying about $14 billion. In 2018 the Trump administration suspended security assistance, and the Pentagon cancelled $300 million in CSF money; Pakistan said the money was owed, not aid. Training under IMET resumed in 2019, but large-scale military aid has not.
Latest updates
The US approved Pakistan's return to the International Military Education and Training programme after a two-year suspension
The Pentagon said it would cancel $300 million in suspended CSF funds; Pakistan's Foreign Minister said the money was owed for expenses already incurred
The US suspended more than $1.1 billion in security assistance to Pakistan, accusing it of harbouring the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network
Positions on the record
Islamabad says
Pakistan said the cancelled $300 million was money the United States owed it as reimbursement for counterterrorism costs already incurred, not assistance.
Washington says
The Pentagon said the funds were cancelled because of Pakistan's lack of decisive action against militants.
Quoted or summarised from the linked public statements only.
Recent developments
The CSF dispute shapes Pakistani views that US support is transactional and was cut off despite heavy wartime losses. Any revival of US security assistance would start from this legacy and the conditions Congress attached to it.
Recommended resources
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Pentagon cancels aid to Pakistan over record on militants
2 September 2018
via Arab News (Reuters)
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Pakistan: US aid cut was money owed, not assistance
3 September 2018
via Al Jazeera
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Pakistan to rejoin frozen United States military training
24 December 2019
via Gulf News
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Trump administration orders freeze on security aid to Pakistan
via ExecutiveGov
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US security assistance to Pak falls by 73 pc since 2011
23 August 2016
via Business Standard (PTI, citing CRS)
