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Indian diaspora asks US to declare Pak a terrorist state
Washington: Arguing that Islamabad is using terrorism as a tool of its foreign policy, especially against India, an Indian-American group asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to declare Pakistan as a terrorist State and seize all its nuclear weapons.
"Instead of penalizing Pakistan for its support to the notorious terrorists and spreading global terrorism, US, unfortunately, is rewarding this country with the deadly weapons and billions of dollars of hard cash," Narayan Kataria, head of New York-based Indian American Intellectual Forum, said in a letter to Clinton. Similar letters have also been written to several influential lawmakers. "We should recognise in unambiguous terms that Pakistan is the root cause of terror and instability in that region. In order to win the war in Afghanistan it is essential that American war strategy should be focused on Pakistan. In the next 18 months, American troops will be leaving Af-Pak region," Kataria said.
The letter said, Indian American Intellectual Forum believe that it is inappropriate for the US to prop up Pakistan and balance its strategic partnership with India by selling deadly F-16 to Pakistan. Air Force together with other advanced weapons and avionics for air-to-air combat that appear to us unnecessary for counter-insurgency operations in mountainous area against Taliban. "This is being done inspite of the admission by General Pervez Musharraf that Pakistan is modifying the arms, which are meant to fight the terrorists, for use against India," the letter said.
"Instead of penalizing Pakistan for its support to the notorious terrorists and spreading global terrorism, US, unfortunately, is rewarding this country with the deadly weapons and billions of dollars of hard cash," Narayan Kataria, head of New York-based Indian American Intellectual Forum, said in a letter to Clinton. Similar letters have also been written to several influential lawmakers. "We should recognise in unambiguous terms that Pakistan is the root cause of terror and instability in that region. In order to win the war in Afghanistan it is essential that American war strategy should be focused on Pakistan. In the next 18 months, American troops will be leaving Af-Pak region," Kataria said.
The letter said, Indian American Intellectual Forum believe that it is inappropriate for the US to prop up Pakistan and balance its strategic partnership with India by selling deadly F-16 to Pakistan. Air Force together with other advanced weapons and avionics for air-to-air combat that appear to us unnecessary for counter-insurgency operations in mountainous area against Taliban. "This is being done inspite of the admission by General Pervez Musharraf that Pakistan is modifying the arms, which are meant to fight the terrorists, for use against India," the letter said.
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