In a recent interview with a Pakistani news station, Afghanistan's president Hamid Karzai said that Afghanistan would back Pakistan in a war with the United States. This statement comes just after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited both states, and told Pakistan that it needed to crack down on the terrorism committed in this area. If a war were to escalate in Pakistan, Karzai claims that Afghan troops would mobilize and assist Pakistan. Afghanistan's army is being primarily trained and funded by the United States. There is an element of hypocrity in these statements, especially given that the former president of Afghanistan had just been assassinated by a suicide bomber attack planned in Pakistan. The likelihood of a US-Pakistan war is less of a serious threat, and Karzai seems more to be "playing the game" and lining up an ally. However, just this week Hillary Clinton flew to Pakistan to deliver her message that if Pakistanis are unwilling to step up and fight against al Qaida and the Taliban, then the United States would "show" Pakistan how to fight terrorism.
http://www.npr.org/2011/10/23/141636992/karzai-afghans-will-back-pakistan-if-u-s-attacks
by Rachel Foy
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