WASHINGTON – Trump administration said that the trilateral India-Afghan-UScooperation is not aimed at Pakistan.
“India, we’ve seen over the last several years, play a responsible role inthe economic development and reconstruction of Afghanistan. And that rolehas been appreciated by the government of Afghanistan,” senior US diplomatfor South and Central Asia, Alice Wells, told a Washington audience.
Early this month, Wells was in Kabul to attend the Kabul process meeting.On the sidelines of it, she participated in the India-US-Afghanistantrilateral dialogues.
The trilateral meeting, she said, was to review how the three countries canbetter work together on development trade and investment priorities.
“But that does not imply that we would support or think that there’s anymanipulation of Afghanistan so that it can be used against Pakistan,” Wellssaid in response to a question at the US Institute of Peace, a US-Congresssupported top American think-tank.
Pakistan, she said, has an important role to play in a peace process, andin stabilising Afghanistan.