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This article reports that the U.S. may withhold funds in Foreign Military Financing for Pakistan until it did more to crack down on internal terrorist groups. Topics covered include the Canadian-American family freed in October 2017 by Pakistani forces from Haqqani militants, Pakistan's rejection of U.S. requests for access to one of the abductors captured by the military, and how Pakistan is viewed by U.S. National Security Council officials Lieutenant General H. R. McMaster and Lisa Curtis.

The article reports on the successful rescue of a family hostaged by terrorist group Haqqani, a Taliban faction, on October 11, 2017 in northwest Pakistan. American Caitlan Coleman and her Canadian husband Joshua Boyle were reportedly seized in October 2012 and gave birth to their children while in captivity. Also discussed are Boyle's interest in terrorism and Islam and President Donald Trump's success in freeing captive Americans overseas.

The article reports on the detention of American citizen Muhanad Mahmoud al Farekh in Pakistan after he was suspected to be part of terrorist group al-Qaida. Topics discussed include arraignment of al Farekh in a federal court in Brooklyn, New York on April 2, 2015, violent jihad videos, including online lectures by al-Qaida leader Anwar al-Awlaki, and federal prosecution of suspects for terrorism.