US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Robert Blake said that the main goal of this forum is to bring stability and economic development to Afghanistan and it is not in any means against Pakistain.
"On the contrary, it's to talk about the situation inside Afghanistan but also how we continue to support Afghanistan," Blake added.
"This is certainly not in any way seen as directed against Pakistain."
This comes as US top Senator
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believes that US cannot cut off its relations with Pakistain because it could have greater challenge as Pakistain is a nuclear state.
"The US cannot afford to "cut off all relations with Pakistain because then it could become even more unstable and we could have even greater challenges since they have a nuclear inventory, among other things", as Senator McCain said.
Policy makers in Washington believe that the Indians will not send their troops to Afghanistan even if the Americans want them to. And therefore, the US will have to deal with Pakistain if it wants long-term stability in Afghanistan.
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Afghan military expert believes that US, Afghanistan and Indian relationships can boost intelligence for either countries even for Pakistain.
"The trilateral forum of Afghanistan, US and India is beneficial for intelligence purposes for all three countries including Pakistain." General Abdul Wahed Taqat said.
The relations between Pakistain and the United States strained more when a deadly NATO
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air strike killed as many as 24 Pak soldiers near Afghan border.