Former president Pervez Musharraf suggested that his country allows the Haqqani network to operate on its soil to stop India from creating an ‘anti-Pakistan Afghanistan’. “If I was in government I would certainly be thinking of how best to defend Pakistan’s interests,” Musharraf said.
“Certainly if Afghanistan is being used by India to create an anti-Pakistan Afghanistan, we would like to prevent that,” he added. He said further that the US must understand that Pakistan had its own national interest. “When the coalition talks of leaving in 2014, Pakistan has to really think, what will be the environment and defend itself against all the exterior pressures”, Musharraf said.
The former president also asserted that Pakistan must “talk straight” about “why are they not acting against the Haqqani network in North Waziristan.”
Support to Haqqanis an India-specific strategy, says Musharraf
