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Wed, 07/23/2008 - 18:12
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Better Indo-Pak ties vital for US interest in Afghan: Obama
Washington, July 23 (PTI) Better diplomatic relations between India and Pakistan are vital for the U.S. to succeed in its war against Taliban militants in Afghanistan, Presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama has said.
"One of the things driven home in the Afghan war is theimportance of our diplomatic efforts in Pakistan, which, by the way, may include having a conversation with India.
"We should see if we can lessen some of the tensions between those two countries," the Illinois senator said while arriving in Jordan Tuesday after his trip to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Obama said the porous border between Afghanistan and Pakistanis making it difficult for U.S. troops to decisively defeat the Taliban as the militants often escape by crossing the border.
"A lot of what drives, it appears, motivations on thePakistan side of the border, still has to do with their concerns and suspicions about India," he told reporters in Amman, a transcript of which was made available to PTI.
"If we don't get a handle on that border region, we are going to continue to have problems, and Al Qaida is going to -- and their networks are going to be able to continue to project beyond that region," Obama said.
"We haven't had a conversation between the Indians and the Pakistanis that has been sustained and meaningful about how they can arrive at a more sensible arrangement between the two countries. That could relieve some of the pressure and help us go after some of these forces along the border regions," the Democratic senator said.
"One of the things driven home in the Afghan war is theimportance of our diplomatic efforts in Pakistan, which, by the way, may include having a conversation with India.
"We should see if we can lessen some of the tensions between those two countries," the Illinois senator said while arriving in Jordan Tuesday after his trip to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Obama said the porous border between Afghanistan and Pakistanis making it difficult for U.S. troops to decisively defeat the Taliban as the militants often escape by crossing the border.
"A lot of what drives, it appears, motivations on thePakistan side of the border, still has to do with their concerns and suspicions about India," he told reporters in Amman, a transcript of which was made available to PTI.
"If we don't get a handle on that border region, we are going to continue to have problems, and Al Qaida is going to -- and their networks are going to be able to continue to project beyond that region," Obama said.
"We haven't had a conversation between the Indians and the Pakistanis that has been sustained and meaningful about how they can arrive at a more sensible arrangement between the two countries. That could relieve some of the pressure and help us go after some of these forces along the border regions," the Democratic senator said.
