Pakistan-U.S. Relations
Abstract
A stable, democratic, economically thriving Pakistan is considered vital to U.S. interests. U.S. concerns regarding Pakistan include regional and global terrorism; Afghan stability; human rights protection and democratization; the ongoing Kashmfr problem and Pakistan-India tensions; and economic development. A U.S.-Pakistan relationship marked by periods of both cooperation and discord was transfbn%ed by the September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States and the ensuing enlistment of Pakistan as a key ally in U.S.-led counterteuorism efforts. Top U.S. officials regularly praise Pakistan for its ongoing cooperation, although doubts exist about Islamabad's commitment to some core U.S. interests. Pakistan is identified as a base for terrorist groups and their supporters operating in Kaslu%fr, India, and Afghanistan. In 2003, Pakistan's an%y began conducting unprecedented counterteuorism operations in the country's western tribal areas. Islamabad later shifted to a strategy of negotiation with the region's pro-Taliban militants (combined with longer%en% economic and infrastmcture development in the region), a tack that elicited scepticism in Western capitals and that appears to have failed in its central purposes.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 24, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA471745
Entities
People
- K. A. Kronstadt
Organizations
- Library of Congress