AF-PAK policy

There is no evidence to suggest that American military and financial aid to Pakistan is actually working.I believe that billions of dollars that were supposed to go towards poverty alleviation,reconstruction and combating extremism have been siphoned off by Pakistani officials and middlemen.Similarly,there are reports that US military aid to Pakistan, instead of being used to combat the jihadis,has been used by Islamabad to arm itself against India.In spite of this,the Obama administration persists with the old strategy.There is very little that distinguishes the Obama approach to the Zardari regime from former US President George W. Bush. Clearly,Mr Obama’s AfPak policy lacks balance and fairplay.It is bound to fail.