Pak's concerns on Indian role in Afghanistan overestimated: US
June 21, 2016 20:48
Pakistan's concerns on India's role in Afghanistan are "overestimated", a top Obama Administration official said today and warned that the country will not have a "bright future" unless it takes action against terror groups like Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network.
"India has been a supportive partner for Afghanistan. It has provided a limited amount but important military assistance (to Afghanistan)," the Special US Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Olson, told a Washington audience at the Atlantic Council, a top American think-tank.
"I sometime feel that the degree of Indian influence on Afghanistan may be overestimated in Pakistan," Olson said when asked about apprehensions about Indian influence in Afghanistan.
Olson who before taking up this assignment was the US Ambassador to Pakistan referred to the quite often heard Pakistani narrative that there are 24 Indian consulates in Afghanistan.
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