...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
combat forces from Afghanistan could push India and Pakistain towards a proxy war in the troubled state, former military ruler General
Pervez PervMusharraf
... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ...
warned in an interview with AFP.
"The danger for Pakistain is... the Indian influence in Afghanistan," he told AFP at his house in Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
.
"That is another danger for the whole region and for Pakistain because Indian involvement there has an anti-Pakistain connotation. They (India) want to create an anti-Pakistain Afghanistan."
Musharraf was a key US ally in its war on terror when he was presdient, but he now lives under tight security in his Karachi home, facing Taliban death threats and criminal cases dating back to his near decade-long rule that ended in 2008.