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B. MURALIDHAR REDDY
B. MURALIDHAR REDDY
After U.S. President Barack Obama announced his intention to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan starting 2011, Indian officials, worried that this would be to the detriment of India's security, urged Washington against the decision.U.S. diplomatic cables originating from Islamabad and New Delhi, accessed by The Hinduthrough WikiLeaks, clearly suggest that India was concerned about U.S. plans to exit from Afghanistan, and its possible repercussions on India's security.
The planned drawdown of troops was announced by President Obama at a speech at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in December 2009.
At a meeting with visiting U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill in early 2010, National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon cautioned that if the Pakistani establishment felt that the U.S. commitment in Afghanistan was flagging, it would “sit it out and use the Indian threat as an excuse for not doing what was needed” on its western frontier.The concerns have led New Delhi to seek a greater role in Afghanistan. On a recent visit to Kabul, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged $500 million more to India's $1.3 billion development assistance package to Afghanistan. He also backed President Hamid Karzai's bid for reconciliation with the Taliban.
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