Pakistan wary about growing India-Afghanistan relationship
1 March 2013 7:41 AM IST
Pakistan has always hedged its bet with the Taliban and is paranoid about a close relationship between Afghanistan and India, paralysing America's diplomatic ability in the war-torn country, a retired US general has said.
The American interests' conflict with those of Pakistan in Afghanistan, retd Gen Jack Keane, former Vice Chief of Staff, and currently the chairman of the Board for the Institute for the Study of War, said during a Congressional hearing on Afghanistan.
‘That's why they've always hedged their bet with the Taliban, so to speak, because they believe they may in fact have to deal with them again, and they're very concerned about the incumbent government and what they perceive to be a closer relationship between that government and India, which is the paranoia that the Pakistanis have always suffered from,’ Keane said.
The American interests' conflict with those of Pakistan in Afghanistan, retd Gen Jack Keane, former Vice Chief of Staff, and currently the chairman of the Board for the Institute for the Study of War, said during a Congressional hearing on Afghanistan.
‘That's why they've always hedged their bet with the Taliban, so to speak, because they believe they may in fact have to deal with them again, and they're very concerned about the incumbent government and what they perceive to be a closer relationship between that government and India, which is the paranoia that the Pakistanis have always suffered from,’ Keane said.
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