Pak used US anti-terror military aid to fight India: Former diplomat

[Hiptullha]

but pakistan fallen in its honey trap when pakistan helped them fight against ussr and now they standing with money

Pakistan was actually quite successful for some time. Only reason Pakistan is suffering is because of the mismanagement in the country.

 

[Lord ZeN]

Nothing new here. The US always has been following a soft policy with Islamabad for years as it needed Pakistan's help to get supplies to its troops in neighboring Afghanistan. The US has given money and weapons to Pakistan knowing fully well that both would be used for helping terrorists controlled by ISI and ultimately against India. That is how the cynical US fight against terrorism has worked.

 

[Pakistanisage]

Since India has been financing the TTP, that money is appropriately being used against Indian Aggression.

 

[Lord ZeN]

Since India has been financing the TTP, that money is appropriately being used against Indian Aggression.

"India financing the anti -India /anti -Hindu terrorists TTP" --- Right we all believe it lol ... Next Joke please.

 

[Kompromat]

US has sold jets, BVRAAMs, SPH, ATGMs, Attack helis, APCs, MRAPs among other 'dual use' gear to Pakistan. Did they not know that it will be used against India?

Sure they did. Its actually a calculated policy. They create a stir by selling to one side and then sell the other side too. Its pure business, yankees know how to make us South Asians dish out cash on things we cant afford.

Bashing Pakistan has become a fashion in the US. Whoever failed their job, can get away with it by blaming Pakistan.

 

[tunaari]

Another useless article where there is no proof of anything. Terrorist is a Terrorist, does not matter if its local or across border

 

[Spring Onion]

what's new?

What's wrong ?

 

[Pakistani shaheens]

Pak used US anti-terror military aid to fight India: Former diplomat
Press Trust of India | Washington | August 1, 2014 10:46 am

Most of the American military aid to Islamabad for counterinsurgency has gone into buying equipment to fight India, a former US diplomat has told lawmakers as he described Pakistan as a country which is “on the edge in many ways of being a failed state”.

Testifying before a Congressional Committee, Ronald Neumann, former US Ambassador to Afghanistan, said the State Department on Terrorism ranks Pakistan as having the highest level of terrorist incidents of any country in the world.

“Almost all of those incidents are not related to any aspect of Afghanistan. Many of them take place in areas that have nothing to do with the FATA area,” he said.

“It is an economy which basically faces a crisis because of demographic pressures, because this is a country that spends less on education than virtually every country in the world. It is a country which is always on the edge in many ways of being a failed state,” Neumann said.

“It’s also a country where we don’t seem to tie our strategy in Afghanistan. It virtually went unmentioned in the quadrennial defence review. There’s no mention of it in the West Point speech. And we’re cutting aid very seriously,” he said.

“Most of that military aid never went to counterinsurgency; it went to buying equipment to fight India. And as is the case in Afghanistan, on the economic side, in spite of efforts by the Congress over the last 10 years, we have never had a single report from USAID to explain what the benefits or impact of the economic aid to Pakistan has been. And quite frankly it’s not quite clear what the (aid) programme did,” Neumann said in response to a question from Congressman Joe Wilson.

Michael O’Hanlon, director of research for Brookings Institution’s Foreign Policy Program, warned that with the collapse of Afghanistan, a group like Lashkar-e-Taiba, which was behind the Mumbai terrorist attacks of 2008, could have another place from where it could base its operations.

“At the moment it may not need that because historically of course the Pakistani security forces have tolerated and even helped Lashkar-e-Taiba. But there hasn’t been another attack like Mumbai in the last six years, and there could come a point where LeT wants more freedom of manoeuvre to operate beyond the controls of the Pakistani state,” he said.

“So I would worry that an Afghanistan in chaos could provide the sanctuary not only for the groups that might threaten us directly but for groups that might want to start an Indo-Pakistan conflict, and specifically Lashkar-e-Taiba,” O’Hanlon said. Catherine Dale, specialist in international security at Congressional Research Service said stability in Afghanistan is important from a US national security interest perspective for multiple reasons.

“One is the threat of violent extremism, violent extremists. But in addition, the South Asia region raises other concerns for us. One is the prospect, and a very scary one, of nuclear proliferation in Pakistan, which could be triggered by state instability or collapse,” she said.

“A stable Afghanistan could go a long way to lowering the temperatures and the tensions in the Afghan-Pakistani relationship and perhaps bolster state stability in Pakistan, and that’s something worth thinking about as we make future decisions,” Dale said.

“One more facet is the Pakistani-Indian relationship and the prospect there of a potential nuclear standoff. Afghanistan has traditionally served as grounds for proxy contestation between those two states. Again, a stable Afghanistan could go a long way to lowering those temperatures and reducing that tension,” Dale said.

Source: Pak used US anti-terror military aid to fight India: Former diplomat | The Indian Express | Page 99


A very old news saying the same exact thing:

Pak used US aid to fight India: Report - The Times of India

Is this not what Pakistanis have defended vehemently? That US aid went only for fighting the WoT and nothing else?

John Kerry should be asked to stop the aid which is funding these state or non-state actors.

USA Aid is just $18Billion, while the loss that Pakistan had in war against terror was far beyond this tiny aid.
Ever since the war against terror is initiated, Pakistan had suffered $67.9billion of loss. And apart from that we sacrificed our 80000+ civilians.

 

[axisofevil]

And in spite of this, the Americans are still going all out to provide more aid in the billions to Pakistan knowing full well that this aid is being funneled to the Afghan Taliban to fight the US Forces in Afghanistan as well as buying military equipment to fight India.

The Yanks are strange creatures. Their policies are unfathomable.

Dude, its difficult to see their side of interpretation of decisions but there is always a good reason for it. Pakistan is a major security nightmare and to get OBL (political pressure at home), they had to use both hard and soft power. DO you think the US wanted to give Pak advanced sensor and security features to protect their nukes? NO way but they had little choice due to the threats involved.


There is great analysis and intel done on any decision. They are following the leaks and trails. They have already mapped out the Pak establishment. It was only a matter of time once they direct their resources to it.

 

[airmarshal]

Americans sold us F-16s with BVRs and JDAMs. And these are not counter insurgency weapons.

The diplomat is old and stupid. He thinks world revolves around India.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

 

[gslv mk3]

He thinks world revolves around India.

Testifying before a Congressional Committee, Ronald Neumann, former US Ambassador to Afghanistan

 

[indiatester]

USA Aid is just $18Billion, while the loss that Pakistan had in war against terror was far beyond this tiny aid.
Ever since the war against terror is initiated, Pakistan had suffered $67.9billion of loss. And apart from that we sacrificed our 80000+ civilians.

How exactly have you suffered that loss? And why did you ever have to sacrifice civilians. Even if US had asked you should not have agreed to it.

 

[surya kiran]

Waiting for the time when China provides aid to Pakistan to hunt down the Uighur terrorists. After 15 years, we will see Chinese coming up with a report saying how the Pakistanis diverted the aid to fight Afghanistan where they have interests. Same story new popat

 

[Hell hound]

i don't understand why india thinks that it is only there right to buy arm. they were floating their mmrca tender of 126 jet and when pakistan just buy 18 f16 they start whining like a little baby to usa. then bought Chinooks and start crying when we try to buy them. its our money we will spend it as we like whats ur problem.you out number us in all defence sectors but still get butt hurt when pakistan even buy a nail