Everything was going good. Zia was installing 1000s of jihadi factories inside Pakistan in collusion with CIA.
That has proven to be the nemesis of Paksiatn many decades later. The same Jihad factories are now churning out jehadis which aren’t under Paksiatn control. Now, Paksiatn is claiming to be a victim of terror, without acknowledging that, it exported the same in ample quantity.
Any men or material support to terrorists in Kashmir, isn’t going to be good for Paksiatn, in current international environment. India has made it sure with a sustained campaign in the last few decades. This can have serious repercussions for Paksiatn.
Paksiatn has always made wrong strategic choices and decisions. This includes all wars with India, using jihaad as a policy tool, choosing to be completely dependent on one power at any given time, that includes US ealrier and now China, raising and supporting Taliban etc etc.
Wars with India hasn’t gotten Paksiatn anywhere or anything.
Jihaad has come back to bite from within. TTP and many like them are offshoots of those factories. International scrutiny and vilifications is an added factor.
Being completely controlled by US or China has pitfalls that we all know.
Taliban is showing it’s true colours and again has proven to be a headache, unlikely to go away anytime soon.
The one country that is our absolute enemy is our eastern neighbor. Same has now immense influence over US. US indo economic policy, china, man-power everything is interlinked.
It is true that India has come closer to US but it hasn’t come under US control the way Paksiatn came. That is why Paksiatn got grants which were used to buy weapons and other stuff, while India pays for everything that it buys. It hasn’t burnt the bridges with Russia either.
There are many smaller nations that maintain a balance in relationships. They take better decisions with a better foresight.
Paksiatn can still maintain a balanced relationship with western world as well as China. Expecting a relationship with US on equal footing? That requires better economy and muscle power that you don’t have. Heck, even China doesn’t consider you equal.