India will never attack Pak from Afghanistan'

[IndoCarib]

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Washington: Pakistan's fear that the Indian presence in Afghanistan threatens its national security is unfounded, top American experts have told lawmakers.

Speaking at a Congressional hearing on the Haqqani network, they ruled out the possibility of India ever mounting an invasion of Pakistan from Afghanistan.

Instead, the American experts told the lawmakers that there is no evidence of Indian effort in Afghanistan undermining Pakistan's national security.

"I don't think that we have seen any evidence of efforts by India to directly undermine Pakistani national security. This is something that the Pakistanis fear but I don't think that we should let US policy be driven by Pakistani fear," Lisa Curtis of the Heritage Foundation said in response to questions from lawmakers who raised Pakistani concerns in this regard.

"I think we should point out that if Pakistan is worried about Afghanistan getting too close to India then it needs to take steps to build its own relationship with Afghanistan because what Pakistan is doing by supporting militants it's not currying favour with the Afghan people. So if it wants to have a better relationship with Afghanistan, it needs to engage in normal state activities that allow that," Curtis said.

She was responding to a question from Congressman Brad Sherman the US is not sensitive to the concerns of Pakistan.

"One thing that I think we were inadequately sensitive to throughout our involvement in Afghanistan is how it's absolutely unacceptable to Pakistan, and naturally so, that Afghanistan would become a strategic enemy or a base for the Indian military," Sherman said.

"To what extent is Pakistan justifiably afraid that (Afghan President Hamid) Karzai could be a strategic ally of India and a strategic enemy of Pakistan and to what extent is there justifiable fear, looking at the entire Kabul government as a whole," Sherman asked.

Jeffrey Dressler, a senior research analyst at the Institute for the Study of War, said: "Congressman, I think it's overstated the extent that there's Indian influence in Afghanistan. I mean, certainly they have diplomatic influence."

Sherman observed that "whatever influence they have will be multiplied by 10 in the minds of Pakistani Generals. So we have to make sure it's a pretty low number." Dressler said that he did not expect that India "will be mounting an invasion from Afghanistan into Pakistan. I think that's very far from reality, and so that concern is unfounded”.

"Certainly, there's activity and President Karzai one of his strategies is to leverage all elements of regional competitors against each other and that's simply what he's doing when it comes to Pakistan."

Responding to a question on recent improvement in Indo-Pak relationship, especially in the trade sector, Dressler said though the Pakistan-India relationship is potentially getting better, it is also directly undermined by elements of the Pakistani security services' support for groups like Lashkar-e-Toiba and others.

"It's about encouraging or compelling elements of the security services to cease their support and facilitation for these groups," he said and his words were echoed by Curtis.


`India will never attack Pak from Afghanistan`

[Paan Singh]

i thot military attack

[dearone4u_22]

We might you never know

[Ajaxpaul]

The mere thought of Indians in Astan has unsettled Pak...brilliant move by India in my book.

[ajtr]

Who are the American law makers to speak from india's behalf.India has entered afghanistan to play buzkashi there.

[Paan Singh]

Who are the American law makers to speak from india's behalf.India has entered afghanistan to play buzkashi there.

We make schools there..yeh pakistani hume badnaam karte hai apne failures ke liye

koi bolta hai america ne karvaya n koi kehta hia india ne

[Pakistanisage]

India is already attacking Pakistan from Afghanistan territory through their proxies i.e. TTP.

Inida trains and funds TTP to attack Pakistan.

[dearone4u_22]

Who are the American law makers to speak from india's behalf.India has entered afghanistan to play buzkashi there.

Ontopic:-

Is India really going to put boots on the ground in Afghanistan.........is any Formation being raised for it ?????..i Guess we have to protect our interest in Afghan as it is the only route for us to Central asia, till Relation with Pak improves .

[Echo_419]

India is already attacking Pakistan from Afghanistan territory through their proxies i.e. TTP.

Inida trains and funds TTP to attack Pakistan.

Kind sir do you have any proof on that baseless attack on us

[Yogi]

India is already attacking Pakistan from Afghanistan territory through their proxies i.e. TTP.

Inida trains and funds TTP to attack Pakistan.

Do u have any source back ur claim or its just some blogs filled with conspiracy theories

[Echo_419]

Double post
Sorry

[INDIAISM]

As you say sir,Forget about India won't...I say India can't attack any country till we have corrupt and Spineless leadership....

[karan.1970]

Who are the American law makers to speak from india's behalf.India has entered afghanistan to play buzkashi there.

Mind games

India is already attacking Pakistan from Afghanistan territory through their proxies i.e. TTP.

Inida trains and funds TTP to attack Pakistan.

Ask Rehman malik to stop waiting for the right time..

[ajtr]

India is already attacking Pakistan from Afghanistan territory through their proxies i.e. TTP.

Inida trains and funds TTP to attack Pakistan.

New Delhi has decided to forget the most recent falsehoods concocted by our Interior Minister and the various TV channels about how India was paying the Taliban to kill innocent Pakistanis and enabling the Baloch rebels with dollars to launch attacks in Balochistan...

There was a time not long ago when Mr Krishna used to come to Islamabad asking for proof which was never forthcoming.

Analysis: A breakthrough with India? by Khaled Ahmed

Mind games

Mujhe mind-vaind games khelani nahi aati ..main to seedhi-seedhi baat kahati hoon chahe achchi lage ya buri.

[orangzaib]

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Washington: Pakistan's fear that the Indian presence in Afghanistan threatens its national security is unfounded, top American experts have told lawmakers.

"I think we should point out that if Pakistan is worried about Afghanistan getting too close to India then it needs to take steps to build its own relationship with Afghanistan because what Pakistan is doing by supporting militants it's not currying favour with the Afghan people. So if it wants to have a better relationship with Afghanistan, it needs to engage in normal state activities that allow that," Curtis said.

Dressler said that he did not expect that India "will be mounting an invasion from Afghanistan into Pakistan. I think that's very far from reality, and so that concern is unfounded[/url]

Wow, you guys publish these articles that are so out of touch with reality and backed up by lobby money?

Well, Who's sending large trucks filled with mines, AAM's and automatics rifles to Baluchistan from Afganistan? I think enough said. India wants to block the future block that it's seeing in making with Russia, China, Pakistan along with the Soviet States and may be Iran. It makes sense for India to be in Afghanistan and try to destabilize Pakistan. Whoever believes otherwise, needs some Resperidol pills!