Retired Lt Gen Nasser Khan Janjua, who currently serves as
the Prime Minister's special adviser on national security, on Monday
said the United States (US) seems to be "speaking India's language" and
that the two nations have "the same ideas" regarding the Kashmir
conflict.
While addressing a seminar on the national
security policy in Islamabad, Janjua complained: "The US is willing to
give India a bigger role in Afghanistan while blaming Pakistan for its
own failure in the region."
"India was given clear
preference over Pakistan by the US," he said, even though India
"continuously threatens" conventional war with Pakistan.
"The
US accuses Pakistan of having ties with the Haqqani network and the
Taliban when, in actuality, Pakistan only started facing terrorism when
it aligned its forces with the US," Janjua said, adding that Pakistan
had paid a heavy price in its fight against terrorism but the world
never recognised its losses.
During his address, Janjua also claimed the US has also opposed the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
"The
US wants imbalance in the region to ensure that China does not rise and
that there is no resurgence of Russian powers in the region," he added.
"Pakistan
has defeated the enemy's dangerous goal by defeating terrorism," he
continued, alluding to an unidentified enemy. "Today, Balochistan is
once again ringing with slogans of jeevay jeevay Pakistan (long live Pakistan)."
However,
the adviser concluded that there is still a long way to go as the
Taliban in Afghanistan are becoming stronger and India is accumulating
more and more weapons.
