How U.S. Aid Ended Up Funding Pakistan’s Terror Machine - Pahalgam Attack

On April 22, 2025, the serenity of Pahalgam shattered as 26 innocent tourists were massacred in a brutal terrorist attack. But this wasn’t just another tragedy in Jammu & Kashmir—it was a geopolitical earthquake.

In this explosive Statecraft episode, Geeta Mohan uncovers a chilling truth: American taxpayer dollars, routed through U.S. aid programs, may have indirectly funded Lashkar-e-Taiba—the very group responsible for this massacre, and for the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

We track how USAID grants to Michigan-based charity HHRD may have ended up in the hands of Hafiz Saeed’s banned network, via shadowy transfers and overlooked audits. With secret Pakistani military meetings, alleged links to Hamas, and Donald Trump’s controversial F-16 aid to Pakistan, this isn’t just a failure of intelligence—it’s a bipartisan betrayal.

How did U.S. counterterrorism aid fund terrorism itself? How deep do the links go between Pakistan’s state and its 'non-state actors'?

And will India’s roar for justice finally shake the global silence?