India waging proxy war against Pakistan: Aizaz Chaudhry
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former foreign secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry stated that India had resorted to waging a proxy war against Pakistan through Afghanistan after it failed to achieve its objective of defeating Pakistan militarily or isolating it diplomatically. Ambassador Chaudhry noted that the relevant committees of the UN Security Council had documented the presence of 20 terrorist groups on…
Islamabad: Former Pakistani Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry alleged that India has engaged in a proxy war against Pakistan through Afghanistan since its attempts to militarily defeat Pakistan or isolate it diplomatically have been unsuccessful. Chaudhry highlighted the presence of 20 terrorist groups on Afghan soil, acknowledged in UN Security Council reports.
Speaking at a roundtable titled “India as a Factor in Deteriorating Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations”, organized by the Institute of Regional Studies, Chaudhry noted the difficulty Pakistan faces in garnering international support to combat terrorism originating from Afghanistan. The primary obstacle, he argued, is the uncertain and crisis-ridden international political climate.
Chaudhry advocated for reviving people-to-people interactions and adopting regional and multilateral approaches to tackle the issue of terrorist groups in Afghanistan. Former US ambassador to Pakistan, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, proposed that Pakistan should distinguish between policies targeting the Taliban regime and those affecting the Afghan people.
He stressed the need for Pakistan to recognize the limitations of kinetic operations within Afghanistan. Qazi also recognized India's strategic use of deteriorating Pakistan-Afghanistan relations. Chairman of the Pakistan Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, Maj. Gen. Muhammad Saad Khattak, believed India was exploiting the strained relations between Pakistan and the Taliban regime to exert influence on Afghanistan's foreign policy.
Khattak called for mutual consultation and diplomacy between Islamabad and Kabul to address issues such as cross-border terrorism. Other experts at the roundtable, including Pakistan's former ambassador to Afghanistan, Arif Ayub, and former ambassador to Germany, Saeed Khalid, agreed that while India was not solely responsible for the deteriorating relations between the two countries, it was capitalizing on the rift to advance its strategic interests against Pakistan.
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