Pakistan News And Discussion-10

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<b>US should recognise Pakistan’s interests in Afghanistan</b> <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In an extended testimony before the Senate Armed Service Committee on March 1, Barnett R Rubin of the Centre on International Cooperation, New York University, said the US should try to encourage greater transparency concerning <b>Indian activities in Pakistan and Afghanistan</b>.

He suggested that as the US increased pressure on Pakistan through the military assistance package, it needed to develop a multilateral approach with China because Pakistan, when it felt that the US was not supporting it, had tended to turn to China. “It tried to do that after the US-India nuclear deal last year, and China turned it down. So it would be very important to have a joint approach with China and the other NATO members on this as well,” he added<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
He is batting for China. <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->