Joseph Dunford On India

The goals of US' military relationship with Pakistan are to improve the capacity of Islamabad to fight terrorist organisations and to enhance the security along its border with Afghanistan, a top American general told lawmakers today.

A long-term strategic security relationship with India is "critical" to ensuring freedom of navigation in the Indian Ocean, a top US general told lawmakers today while calling for strengthening of defence ties between the two countries.

In a tacit acknowledgement that Pakistan continues to rely on terrorist outfits as proxies to serve as an instrument of national security policy, a top American general today told lawmakers that the US and Pakistan have differences on the issue, but asserted that financial and military aid to Islamabad would continue.

The goals of US' military relationship with Pakistan are to improve the capacity of Islamabad to fight terrorist organisations and to enhance the security along its border with Afghanistan, a top American general told lawmakers today.

A long-term strategic security relationship with India is "critical" to ensuring freedom of navigation in the Indian Ocean, a top US general told lawmakers today while calling for strengthening of defence ties between the two countries.

In a tacit acknowledgement that Pakistan continues to rely on terrorist outfits as proxies to serve as an instrument of national security policy, a top American general today told lawmakers that the US and Pakistan have differences on the issue, but asserted that financial and military aid to Islamabad would continue.