US is getting close to Pakistan's arch enemy india in order to contain china in the region. There is pressure on Pakistan to extradite Shakil afridi, set free the other doctor Who was hired by CIA responsible for taking Osama bin laden's DNA from Abbottabad hideout and take strong action against Haqqani network. Shakil afridi case is pursued vigorously by US to boast its success post OBL operation and to show to the spies roaming around Pakistan that US never leave its friends in difficult times. In essence this attitude surmounts to US arrogance in the Pak-US relations. Although Shakil afridi release would have been on the cards in the backdrop of softening on Washington's side to compensate 29 families of Pak soldiers killed in an airstrike by US drone but apparently this move could meet public's backlash and anger. When Pakistan started zarb e azb to curb militancy including Haqqanis, most fighters crossed border into Afghanistan.. Kabul also opposes fencing of durand line. It seems to be a plan to encircle Pakistan and put blame for the woes of Afghanistan and US failures in fighting militancy inside Afghanistan. Furthermore Kabul and new Delhi is harboring TTP to destabilize Pakistan. Hypocrisy of the situation is that when Pak army started zarb e azb operation, US and afghan forces pulled out of safe havens for TTP in adjoining afghan areas. It amounts to complicity with Delhi and a scheme to disrupt the peace in Pakistan. This attitude is also making Pakistan's fight against terror because of US-Afghanistan non-cooperationUS is also pushing Islamabad to show restraint in nuclear theater show. In recent US backed nuclear summit, Obama admonished both countries but did not account for the Indian aggressive cold start maneuvers on forward positions along border which prompted such response from Pakistan. Washington continuously arms Indians with sophisticated arms and technology. As US is asking Pakistan to show restraint, Islamabad has every right to ask US to limit Indian aggressive moves to save region from becoming a nuclear flash-point.
Source: http://www.dawn.com/news/1258387/americas-whipping-boy
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