Afghanistan Sun | IANS | Wednesday 31st July, 2013 - As a new US defence department report suggested that the "zero option" in Afghanistan - a complete pullout of US troops - is unrealistic, a Pentagon official said India and Pakistan would play significant roles there in future.
"I think both Pakistan and India will play and ought to play very important, significant roles going forward in Afghanistan," Peter Lavoy, the Pentagon's top policy official on Afghanistan told reporters Tuesday in response to a question.
"Those countries and other immediate and nearby neighbours of Afghanistan are affected by the security conditions in Afghanistan," he said briefing reporters on Pentagon's twice-a-year report to Congress on "Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan."
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July 31, 2013
India, Pakistan Fear 'Surplus Terrorism' after Afghan Pullout
The Times of India | WASHINGTON - India and Pakistan fear that any instability in the war-torn
Afghanistan following the withdrawal of US troops could result in
"surplus terrorism" in both the countries, a top US official has said.
At the same time he said that the US believes both India and Pakistan will play significant roles in Afghanistan in the coming years.
"I think both Pakistan and India will play and ought to play very important, significant roles going forward in Afghanistan" said Peter Lavoy, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defence for Asia Pacific Security Affairs.
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At the same time he said that the US believes both India and Pakistan will play significant roles in Afghanistan in the coming years.
"I think both Pakistan and India will play and ought to play very important, significant roles going forward in Afghanistan" said Peter Lavoy, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defence for Asia Pacific Security Affairs.
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