I just came across an interesting article in
www.Dailytimes.com.
Enjoy.
The president of the United States, George Bush, is singing sweet songs for them, Condoleezza Rice took some pain to pen an article in The Washington Post justifying the decision of her country to supply India with advanced nuclear technology that would help reduce "India’s annual carbon dioxide emission by more than 170 million tons."
The Secretary of State also advocated that selling advanced nuclear technology would mean opening the doors for American jobs. "Thousands of Americans will benefit from the deal," wrote Rice. She also tried to convince American law-makers that, "A thriving, democratic India will be a pillar of Asia’s progress, shaping its development for decades."
On the other hand, reports have confirmed that India circumvents other countries’ export controls and leaks sensitive technology in procuring materials for its nuclear programmes.
How will the American administration succeed in amending the laws needed to implement the agreement on transfer of sensitive nuclear technology to India in the presence of a damning report released by respected physicist and former UN weapons inspector, Mr David Albright, who also heads the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security? Mr Albright has said that his organisation had uncovered a "well developed, active and secret Indian programme" that belied all Indian claims of innocence and demanded a close scrutiny of Indian procurement and export practices before the United States and other countries engaged in nuclear cooperation with India.
This report has established that India even today "procures sensitive materials and technology for its secret gas centrifuge uranium enrichment plant and does not reveal to foreign suppliers that the plant is not subject to international monitoring."
Countries dealing with India were aware of the deceit and deception that was the cornerstone of its foreign policy. However, when Indian deception resulted in the death of American soldiers in Afghanistan, a proper response was expected not in showering of rewards as has happened in this case. Ultimately Bush will have to answer to the American people.
The Indian government has taken the Americans for a ride in Afghanistan and has used the art of deception to take refuge behind them while aiding and assisting acts of terrorism.
For its part, the government of Pakistan provided irrefutable evidence to its "American friends" who according to senior officials were simply "stunned" and have reportedly asked for some time to evaluate the evidence before they try to "rein in" the Indians in Afghanistan.
Pakistani officials are reported to have provided lists of around 80 per cent of people working in the Afghan defence and intelligence agencies who were formerly members of the Northern Alliance, a group that was funded and trained by the Indian agency RAW. A majority remains on the payroll of India even till today.
The Americans were aware of the number of Indian consulates and media centres that were working in Afghanistan. This was expenditure with sinister designs.
The Governor of Nangarhar Hazrat Ali has strong links with the Indians who have rewarded him by renting his house in Jalalabad for their consulate office at an exorbitant rate of $5000 per month when similar accommodation was easily available for less than $500 a month.
At least five training camps for "terrorists," who attack the Americans inside Afghanistan and make hit and run sorties against Pakistani border forces, are managed by Hazrat Ali. A total of 19 terrorist training centres were operative with Indian assistance in Afghanistan.
India has about 2000 commandos in Afghanistan who train Afghans and other foreign terrorists so that they can create trouble in Waziristan and Balochistan. The Indians admit the presence of 800 commandos.
It has also been reported that in one ambush on Pakistani forces in the Mohmand Agency, the directions to terrorists were being given by the staff officer of the Indian Consul General that were intercepted by Pakistani security personnel and have been played before the Americans who have accepted the authenticity of the tape.
Another factor that has created concern is the dropping of boxes containing Pakistani currency in selected areas through helicopters in both the Waziristan area and border areas of Balochistan.
Some of the boxes that were captured by the security agencies of Pakistan have revealed that India and Afghanistan were engaged in large scale counterfeiting of Pakistani currency and this may soon result in a phased replacement of currency notes in this country.
Even a duplicate coin of Rs5 has been detected that was made in Afghanistan with the technical assistance of Indians.
While the Indians try to bleed the economy and army of Pakistan, a frontline state in the war against terror, it is strange that Indians, who profess to be partners in the effort against terrorism, indulge in terrorist activities at such a large scale that it does not require any special wisdom to see through the game the Indians are playing. The whole world was aware of this; only the Americans were looking the other way.
The Bush administration has also ignored investigative articles published in New York Times and Newsweek that have raised fingers at the dubious and deceptive role of the Indian government in the war against terror.
As far as Mr. Hamid Karzai is concerned, he has forgotten the Pakistani hospitality that was enjoyed by him and continues to be a captive to the Northern Alliance which is dancing to the tune of the Indians.
Mr. Karzai, whose writ does not extend beyond Kabul, must remember that his present policy of appeasing the Indians may suit the American occupying forces in Afghanistan. He must remember that the long-term progress of his country depends on good relations with Pakistan.
In case the level of relations with Pakistan remains what it is today, Afghanistan will be the main sufferer at the end of the day when both the Americans and Indians leave it in a lurch.
The policy of the Americans is bound to fail because the Indians will deceive them as well and never confront China, a goal that has been set by American policy-makers under the present US administration. American foreign policy was already in tatters in Europe, Iraq, Afghanistan and will be soon doomed in India.
Finally, it has to be seen how Pakistan responds to the new emerging scene in this region. But before a tit for tat policy takes shape and a useless arms race begins, the Indian government must come clean and try to save the day otherwise things would once again slide which would not auger well for both India and Pakistan. The damage to Afghanistan will be far greater. Here, the Americans must act, but then were the Americans listening in the first place?
Signing NPT and CTBT effectively puts a cap on your nuclear ambitions! How could you even state that as an argument or justification? 
