US To Review Its Relationship With Pakistan In View Of The Latter's Role In Afghanistan Over Last Two Decades

United States (US)’ Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the US is reviewing its relationship with Pakistan in view of its role in Afghanistan over the last 20 years and more, reports Hindustan Times.

Testifying to US lawmakers, Blinken said that the US’ “Major Non-Nato Ally” Pakistan needs to “line up” with the broad majority of nations to force the Taliban regime to uphold the basic rights of Afghan people, including women and children, and to allow humanitarian assistance and to form a representative government.

Blinken’s comments on Pakistan came up after two Democrat lawmakers, Bill Keating and Joaquin Castro brought up Pakistan. Keating called Pakistan’s role in Afghanistan ‘duplicitous’ and asked if the administration was reviewing the relationship and its status as one of the only 17 countries which have been designated by the US as Major Non-Nato Ally.

Other such allies include Argentina, Bahrain, Brazil, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, South Korea, Kuwait, Morocco, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand, Tunisia and also Afghanistan. Pakistan was added to the cohort in 2004 for its role in Afghanistan and in hunting down the perpetrators of the 9/11 terror attack on the US.