The Pentagon report identified 17 cases in which Chinese investment and project financing bypassed regular market mechanisms and has resulted in negative economic effects for the host country.
U.S. troops stormed into Afghanistan in November 2001 in an invasion triggered by the Sept. 11 attacks.
In its report at the direction of the President Donald Trump, the Pentagon said Friday while many companies have established their research and development wing in countries like India and China, the latter is different in its approach.
"As we often talk with the military leadership in Pakistan, we need them to continue to stay engaged in this. We need them to help lower the violence in Afghanistan," US Central Command Commander General Joseph Votel told reporters during a Pentagon news conference.
"On Monday, the Pentagon Force Protection Agency detected a suspicious substance during mail screening at the Pentagon's remote screening facility," Pentagon spokesman Col. Robert Manning said in a statement
Pentagon spokesperson Lt Col Kone Faulkner said that the US has been consistently asking Pakistan to defeat all terrorist groups that threaten regional stability and security.
In his statement, Pentagon spokesman Lt Col Kon Faulkner said; "Unfortunately, recent reporting has distorted the details of the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) by stating several things out of context".
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had called a press conference and said the matter will be taken up during Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to the country on September 5.
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis has refused to give the necessary certification to the Congress that Pakistan has taken strong steps against terrorist groups like the Haqqani network and Lashkar-e-Taiba.
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis has publicly been a strong proponent of granting India waivers from sanctions.
During the Congressional hearing, several members of the Senate Armed Services Committee expressed concern over the continued presence of terrorist safe havens in Pakistan.
Trump's comments came at the start of the third meeting of the National Space Council, an advisory body led by Vice President Mike Pence.
Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said that there are technologies that the US does not want for defence, for security reasons, to see in Chinese hands.
In his prepared testimony, Admiral Harry Harris said the US and India are natural partners on a range of political, economic, and security issues.
US comments came hours after Putin announced that Russia has developed a number of advanced weapons systems, including a nuclear-powered cruise missile.
The United States has been repeatedly accusing Pakistan of not taking action against terror groups like the Haqqani network and the Taliban.
China is coercing its neighbours to reorder the Indo-Pacific region, the Pentagon told Congress in its annual budget proposals for the fiscal 2019, beginning October 1 this year.
A new national defense strategy says that competition with China and Russia has threatened America’s military advantage around the world. And it will require increased investment to make U.S. forces more lethal, agile and ready for war.
A Pentagon spokesman, Col. Rob Manning, said President Donald Trump agreed to the delay in consultation with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
The Department of Justice announced on Friday it would delay challenging the stay on President Trump's transgender ban before the Supreme Court, the Hill magazine reported.
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