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Pakistan continues to allow its territories to be used by terrorists operating in India, Afghanistan and other countries and they have the “tacit and overt support” of officials in the host government, says Tulsi Gabbard, the newly elected co-chair of the India Caucus of the US House of Representatives.“In Congress, I`ve worked to cut back US assistance for Pakistan, particularly any military assistance, and increase pressure on Pakistan to stop these dangerous actions and break these ties,” the Democrat from Hawaii, a third-term member of the House of Representatives, told Hindustan Times in an interview.Gabbard, 35, moved a legislation, Stop Funding Terrorists Act, in the House in January that is aimed at ending US funding of terrorist groups in Syria and the region, which has been the focus of her attention in recent months. If passed, the bill would outlaw US funding for countries that back terrorism, such as Pakistan.The legislation has bipartisan support – reflected in its cosponsors, six Republicans and three Democrats – and it was also introduced in the Senate in March by members of the upper chamber who are backing it.The congresswoman, who embraced Hinduism as a teenager and is the first and only Hindu elected to Congress, called for a reasonable US stand on the H-1B visa programme.
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