NEW DELHI: The WikiLeaks expose on Pakistan\'s intimate relationship with the Taliban has provoked US to sympathize with the Indian insistence on tagging talks with Islamabad to concrete action on the 26/11 front. The US state department said they had given India a \"heads up\" on the WikiLeaks revelations.
The warmth for India\'s viewpoint confirmed the estimate that the shock in the US over the WikiLeaks expose of Pakistan\'s collaboration with terror groups attacking US troops may lead the Obama administration to toughen its stance towards Pakistan.
The revelations don\'t tell the US authorities anything they don\'t know already, while its abject dependence on Pakistan for the war effort in Afghanistan rules out a drastic shift in ties. But apprehensions of the adverse reaction among the population is expected to lead US leadership to trim their sails.
This much was evident when the White House said Pakistan should not expect \"blank cheques\" from the US regarding its activities, and that the US was well aware that Pakistan was supporting the Taliban and helping to kill US troops.
In India, the MEA spokesperson took a more reasoned view, sticking to a more broad-based comment on Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. \"Sponsorship of terrorism, as an instrument of policy, is wholly condemnable and must cease forthwith. The utilization of territory under Pakistan\'s control to provide sanctuaries for recruiting and sustaining terrorist groups, and to direct terrorist activity against neighbours, must stop,\" Vishnu Prakash said.
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
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