Pakistan har fått 5 milliarder dollar i støtte til kriegen mot terror, men bruker i stedet pengene på våpen mot India, sier amerikanske tjenestemenn til New York Times.

USA har ført svært dårlig kontroll med pengene, sier utenlandske diplomater. Amerikansk støtte står for en firedel av Pakistans militærbudsjett på 4 milliarder dollar.

In interviews in Islamabad and Washington, Bush administration and military officials said they believed that much of the American money was not making its way to frontline Pakistani units. Money has been diverted to help finance weapons systems designed to counter India, not Al Qaeda or the Taliban, the officials said, adding that the United States has paid tens of millions of dollars in inflated Pakistani reimbursement claims for fuel, ammunition and other costs.

«I personally believe there is exaggeration and inflation,» said a senior American military official who has reviewed the program, referring to Pakistani requests for reimbursement. «Then, I point back to the United States and say we didn’t have to give them money this way.»

U.S. Officials See Waste in Billions Sent to Pakistan