India using Afghan soil to carry out attacks on Pakistan: Sartaj Aziz

[Nihil]

NEW DELHI: Sartaj Aziz, adviser to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on national security and foreign affairs, has alleged that India is using Afghanistan soil to carry out attacks on Pakistan.

Sartaj Aziz, however, also admitted that the India's involvement had decreased since the adoption of a joint Pakistan-Afghan policy to not to let their soils be used against each other.

In an interview to Dawn TV, Sartaj Aziz also criticized the Modi government's non-cooperative attitude on the India-Pakistan talks.

"The stance of the previous governments in India was subtle, but the Modi-led government said that if Pakistan is to maintain good ties with India, then it should compromise on Kashmir," Aziz told dawn.

Sartaj Aziz also added that the Modi government wanted resumption of stalled India-Pakistan talks on its own terms and conditions, which were not acceptable to Pakistan.

Sartaj Aziz said that Pakistan would not differentiate between 'good' and 'bad' Taliban and both civil and military were on the same page when it came to dealing with terrorists.

India using Afghan soil to carry out attacks on Pakistan: Sartaj Aziz - The Times of India

 

[coffee_cup]

I sincerely hope that someday India will realize that supporting cross-border terrorism in neighboring countries and killing thousands of common citizens is not going to yield any long term strategic gains for India.

In the past, she might have achieved her goals by spreading terrorism (e.g. East Pakistan), but now in this century this is not the way forward, especially when she herself has already insurgencies going on in more than 25 states.

This strategy is bound to fail, as it has in the case of LTTE.

So lets work together, drop this "Akhand Baharat" doctrine and support each other in the region to progress together.

Thanks.