Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterAppeal for Pakistan aid in US-Afghan 'terror' review (AFP)
Published 2/24/2009 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
AFP - A top US senator Tuesday urged that four to five billion dollars in urgent US aid be provided to avert chaos in Pakistan, which defended its role in the "war on terror" in a three-way strategy review with Afghanistan.
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