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"Pakistan would like Afghanistan to be under its
control... I don't see Pakistan wholeheartedly in support of
action against the Taliban in Afghanistan," Singh told The
Post in the interview posted on the daily's website.

"They are of course taking action against Taliban, but
only when it threatens the supremacy of the army," he said.
Hoping that the US and the global community will stay
involved in Afghanistan, Singh said a victory for the Taliban
would have "catastrophic consequences" for the world,
particularly for South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East.
"We (in India) of course have more immediate concerns.
We are victims of terrorism and the extremist ideologies of
the type that the Taliban represent. If this is not checked,
this could destabilise our country," the Prime Minister said.
Responding to a question, Singh said al Qaeda and Taliban
are chips off the same block.
Though he agreed that the regime of Afghan President
Hamid Karzai is not perfect, he asked the international
community to rally behind him now that he has been re-elected.
"President Karzai's regime is not perfect... But you
cannot transform Afghanistan overnight. It is going to be a
long-term affair. Democracy, as the West understands it, may
not be introduced in a short period of time in Afghanistan,"
he said.
"But the very fact that millions of Afghan children,
including millions of girls, are now in school, when none was
in school when the Taliban was in power, shows some human
freedom. One has to take a balanced view," he said. PTI LKJ
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