'Indo-Pak security relationship has consequences in Afghan'

Washington, Dec 9 (PTI) America's top diplomat in Kabul
has told US lawmakers that security relationship between India
and Pakistan has its own consequences in Afghanistan.

"The security relationship between India and Pakistan has
consequences for Afghanistan," US Ambassador to Afghanistan
Karl Eikenberry said Tuesday to a question from Senator Kay
Hagan before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Senator Hagan said ever since the partition of India,
Islamabad has attempted to utilise its proxies, to install a
friendly Pashtun government in Afghanistan that would preserve
the de facto border and prevent Pashtun aspirations of a
homeland and prevent Indian involvement in Afghanistan.
Hagan alleged that Pakistan continues to pursue a dual
track policy of disrupting the Pakistani Taliban in its tribal
areas, most notably in South Waziristan, while elements of its
military support the Afghan Taliban networks, most notably in
North Waziristan; and the Afghan Taliban high command in its
Baluchistan province.
"The key question is if elements of Pakistan's military
can be persuaded to change this dual-track policy. In order to
do that, we've got to address Pakistan's regional concerns,
taking into account its relationships with Afghanistan and
India," the Senator from North Carolina noted. PTI LKJ