A day after Washington said it would suspend military aid to Pakistan, the White House says further action will be announced in the coming days. It says the actions being taken against Islamabad are a follow-up to US President Donald Trump's South Asia policy announced last year. Our correspondent Danial Khan reports.

NIKKI HALEY US AMBASSADOR TO UN "The administration is withholding 255 million in assistance to Pakistan. There are clear reasons for this. Pakistan has played a double game for years. They work with us at times and they also harbor the terrorists that attack our troops in Afghanistan. That game is not acceptable to this administration."

The White House's move to suspend military aid to Islamabad came after Trump accused Pakistan of being a liar. A Pentagon report to the US Congress, on Dec 17, said Washington would also take unilateral steps in areas of differences with Pakistan. Later, US Vice President Mike Pence in a visit to Afghanistan warned that Trump has put Pakistan on notice. But experts in Pakistan believe, these threats and accusations are only a testament of US's own failures in Afghanistan.

ADNAN SHAUKAT EXPERT "It's just an exaggeration of the situation, they won't be able to do much, maximum they will say that we are suspending your aid, which we didn't get for the past 2 years, which means we survived, which means we do not need that aid."

Meanwhile the Pakistan Army has said that the US aid Pakistan received was reimbursement for support to the coalition for its fight against Al Qaeda.

MAJ GEN ASIF GHAFOOR PAKISTANI ARMY SPOKESPERSON "Had we not supported them, al-Qaida would never have been defeated by the US. US and Afghan authorities are well aware of this cooperation. What else can we do, what else do more Afghanistan and US need from Pakistan, actually this is turn and time for Afghanistan and the US to do more, rather than asking Pakistan."

The army's stance is being considered the strongest-ever reaction from Islamabad. Meanwhile, reacting to US's allegations the foreign office has said that allies do not put each other on notice, warning against the campaign being used to belittle Pakistan's achievements in the war against terrorism.

DANIAL KHAN ISLAMABAD Pakistan has played a significant role in the regional fight against militancy and has emphasized that it will continue to seek cooperative solutions to regional problems. Experts say US's allegations at Pakistan will further undermine the Pak-US ties, saying Donald Trump's remarks will only escalate tensions in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the region. Danial Khan, CGTN, Islamabad.