The foreign office, treasury and overseas development ministries have been hinting for 6 months or so it was going to go. Given the mess we've helped create/wo

The foreign office, treasury and overseas development ministries have been hinting for 6 months or so it was going to go. Given the mess we've helped create/worsen in Afghanistan and the destabilising effect that has had on the already shaky Pakistan a retargeting of aid did make sense. It benefits India as well as a more stable Afghanistan/Pakistan will lower their security/military costs. The recent delegation to India spoke of swapping aid for trade, something both countries need. They need our luxury goods (whiskey) and high tech engineering (satellites) and we need cheap manufactured plastic crap and indian students to go to our universities.