Constructive ties needed between India, Pak, Afghanistan: US

Lalit K Jha
Washington, Aug 24 (PTI) Asking South Asian nations to
avoid a "zero-sum mentality", the US has asked Pakistan to
engage in a constructive relationship with India and
Afghanistan, saying effective and coordinated action was
needed to meet the common challenge of terrorism.
"Does Afghanistan need to have a constructive
relationship with Pakistan? It does. Does Pakistan have to
have a constructive relationship with India? It does," State
Department spokesman P J Crowley said.
"Should all these countries need to avoid a zero-sum
mentality that a gain on one side is necessarily a detriment
on the other? We think that to the extent that these countries
can work more effectively together, that will ultimately help
reduce the threat of terrorism to any one of them," he said.
Crowley was responding to recent media reports that
the Pakistan's ISI no longer considers India as its top
threat, but considers internal terrorism as its main threat.
These are individual judgements made country by
country, he said.
"We have certainly encouraged countries in the region
to work collectively together because they confront a shared
threat, and we think some of these challenges can only be
resolved through effective and coordinated action across the
region," Crowley said. PTI LKJ
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