Pakistan asks London to limit India's role in Afghanistan

[datguy79]

UK has influence on India?:shocked:

According to reports Islamabad has asked United Kingdom to limit Indian activities in war-torn Afghanistan as London is busy with brokering an agreement between Afghanistan and Pakistan on peace talks with the Taliban group.
London's response to Islamabad's request is not clear so far however diplomatic sources quoted by The Times of India said Afghan and the British role in a possible Taliban reconciliation deal between Islamabad and Kabul would be high on the agenda, when British PM David Cameron meets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for talks on Tuesday.
British prime minister David Cameron will visit India on a working tour.
Diplomatic sources further added that Pakistan had made this request to Cameron during last week's trilateral meeting with Hamid Karzai at Chequers, the British PM's country home.
The tripartite talks hosted by British prime minister David Cameron mainly focused on a viable way to bring the Taliban into the mainstream in Afghanistan, get Pakistan to release Taliban leaders, who are in Pakistani custody.
Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari who attended the talks also reportedly asked the UK to give Islamabad the military hardware that they would leave behind after 2014, Pakistani medias reported.
Prime minister David Cameron quoted by Pakistani media agencies said, "Your friends are our friends and your enemies are our enemies." The UK has apparently promised some equipment to Uzbekistan — it is using the Northern Distribution Network to transport its men and materiel out.
In the meantime India is due to hold trilateral talks with Afghanistan and United States of America on Tuesday to coordinate activities in Afghanistan, an exercise that has assumed more importance.
The tripartite talk is followed after the inaugural dialogue between the three nations held in on the sidelines of the UNGA last September. Senior officials from the three nations are due to discuss on the continuing activities in Afghanistan by India and the US after 2014.
There is growing wariness within India about the apparent consonance of interests between UK and Pakistan. India believes that the UK may be helping Pakistan achieve its core interest — of facilitating a Taliban return in Afghanistan and a return to the strategic comfort of the 1990s, The Times of India reported.
Pakistan is not likely to release the Taliban leaders without important concessions to their core interests. Pandering to these could end up seriously destabilizing Afghanistan as well as threatening Indian security interests.

Pakistan asks London to limit India's role in Afghanistan - Khaama Press (KP) | Afghan Online Newspaper

 

[Bhadra]

The Paranoia

 

[Bhadra]

Pakistan is scared

 

[pmaitra]

UK has influence on India?:shocked:

UK's influence over India isn't worth a peanut (pun intended).

 

[Bhadra]

UK's influence over India isn't worth a peanut (pun intended).

I think UK's espionage network in India would still be strong ... A La British council and BBC etc..

 

[Sam2012]

1947 Days have gone , this is 2013 + . UK was not able to influence buy Eurofighter & cried like a baby threating aid cancellation

Very funny post

 

[Bhadra]

UK does weild influence over Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. UK is permanent memebr of SC. It is an inportant NATO memeber. In terms of asvisory capacity UK wields considerable influence over USA. UK is plottervillian in all these countries due to old ties and network.

In international relations it is common to garner support even from the bankrupts. So It is ok for Pakistan to do it. What Pakistan is actually telling UK that they will not get access to Afghanistan if they annoy Pakistan. Simple...

 

[hit&run]

Its good Pakistan begs Britain and put them in awkward position with India.

 

[Yusuf]

The Paranoia

And some sanity too there.

 

[Blackwater]

Pakistan ask london??


Inti aukat pakis ki

 

[vram]

Of course Brits have influenze in INDIA...haven'y any of you heard about the AID GIVEN TO INDIA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ZILLIONS OF POUNDS OF AID....... Oh wait.....we said thanks but No thanks din't we

 

[JBH22]

Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari who attended the talks also reportedly asked the UK to give Islamabad the military hardware that they would leave behind after 2014, Pakistani medias reported.

Allah ke naam p dede baba, bheeg mango bheeg leke maro

 

[farhan_9909]

let the west leave Afghanistan

India presence will be determined by Pakistan in Afghanistan

 

[nrupatunga]

let the west leave Afghanistan

India presence will be determined by Pakistan in Afghanistan

Though i don't want to agree here. But sadly pak will have an edge over india in a'stan. Pak can hit our presence there.

 

[farhan_9909]

karzai very well know that offending Pakistan is not acceptable at any cost.
The rest of afghans should Thank the pashtun afghans otherwise just by stopping the supply they will die of hunger.

Pakistan our twin brother, India a friend: Karzai - Hindustan Times

Pak twin brother, India a great friend: Karzai - Indian Express

 

[vram]

let the west leave Afghanistan

India presence will be determined by Pakistan in Afghanistan

Hmmmmm first of all do you guys have full control of all the areas INSIDE your own country before you go into raptures about Stratergic depth and the great game and all??

 

[rock127]

UK's influence over India isn't worth a peanut (pun intended).

UK is LOSING influence on itself... 50% London is already non-white.

On topic... India is helping Afganistan for its infrastructure/economy and this is not easily digested by Pakis who want to treat it as their colony.

Pakis are the REAL CULPRIT of ruining Afganistan which was once a moderate and progressive country.

 

[datguy79]

let the west leave Afghanistan

India presence will be determined by Pakistan in Afghanistan

Zardari and your PM wouldn't even travel to Quetta because their security wasn't guaranteed

 

[Blackwater]

Zardari and your PM wouldn't even travel to Quetta because their security wasn't guaranteed

kai poo chee

 

[DivineHeretic]

UK has no status quo with regards to Indian influence or activity in Afg. Neither are they in possession of any lever to force Indian cooperation on their terms. In reality any statement made by the UK to us regarding Afg, will be a suggestion at best, which would be acted upon based on our interest.

What I'm concerned about is if our PM decides to do another IK Gujral, and wreck our presence in Afg, and by extension the central asia.