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Here is a good article by the frm Pak ambassador to US. Our friends in Pakistan must not see Afghanistan through India centric view, we have our own interests and we are not doing any one's bidding. Boxing us into the Indian camp by default is self defeating narrative for Pakistanis.
We do business with India because it is our interest, now they may have their motives but our motive is plain and simple, get their assistance, not allow them to use our soil against Pakistan, unless Pakistan is using her soil against Afghanistan.
You don't need to be a genius to figure this one out.
Ashraf Ghani provided an excellent opportunity for a rest with Pakistan by directly reaching out to GHQ, but all he got was an onslaught GHQ's minions. So if you were in his shoes, would you send flowers back?
https://www.dawn.com/news/1356475/our-afghanistan-policy
Given Trump’s statement, the China-India disengagement from Doklam, and the Xi-Modi meeting on the sidelines of the Xiamen summit there is a worrying query: is China gently but publicly pressing Pakistan to take down organisations on its territory who have links with insurgents on Chinese territory? If Pakistan is silly enough to ignore this message it will progressively upset China and sow doubts in Chinese minds about their strategic partnership with Pakistan.
The opportunities presented by President Ashraf Ghani’s visit to Rawalpindi in November 2014 after he became president have been wasted. But instead of learning from failed policies, self-serving narratives were constructed to demonise Afghan leaders as Indian puppets.
Alienating Kabul and relying on the Taliban to provide leverage is demonstrably stupid. Pakistan’s policy has also been unnecessarily India-centric. This alienates Afghan political opinion and ensures that Pakistan will lose zero-sum games with India inside Afghanistan. Afghan goodwill for India will not translate into ill will towards Pakistan unless its policies are seen by Afghans as forcing upon them an unwanted choice between India and Pakistan.
We do business with India because it is our interest, now they may have their motives but our motive is plain and simple, get their assistance, not allow them to use our soil against Pakistan, unless Pakistan is using her soil against Afghanistan.
You don't need to be a genius to figure this one out.
Ashraf Ghani provided an excellent opportunity for a rest with Pakistan by directly reaching out to GHQ, but all he got was an onslaught GHQ's minions. So if you were in his shoes, would you send flowers back?
https://www.dawn.com/news/1356475/our-afghanistan-policy
Given Trump’s statement, the China-India disengagement from Doklam, and the Xi-Modi meeting on the sidelines of the Xiamen summit there is a worrying query: is China gently but publicly pressing Pakistan to take down organisations on its territory who have links with insurgents on Chinese territory? If Pakistan is silly enough to ignore this message it will progressively upset China and sow doubts in Chinese minds about their strategic partnership with Pakistan.
The opportunities presented by President Ashraf Ghani’s visit to Rawalpindi in November 2014 after he became president have been wasted. But instead of learning from failed policies, self-serving narratives were constructed to demonise Afghan leaders as Indian puppets.
Alienating Kabul and relying on the Taliban to provide leverage is demonstrably stupid. Pakistan’s policy has also been unnecessarily India-centric. This alienates Afghan political opinion and ensures that Pakistan will lose zero-sum games with India inside Afghanistan. Afghan goodwill for India will not translate into ill will towards Pakistan unless its policies are seen by Afghans as forcing upon them an unwanted choice between India and Pakistan.