The United States congress approved U.S defense budget with majority of votes which is $696 billion USD and have conditioned its military and non-military supports to Pakistan on ending Islamabad’s support to terrorists.

In the U.S defense budget bill the congress members have named the Haqqani Network and other terrorist groups in Afghanistan and in India’s Kashmir.

In this episode of Mehwar, host Jamalnasir Farahmand discusses the topic with Nazir Ahmad Ahmadzai, second deputy speaker of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament).