Need for restraint

Sir, - Your Editorial (Oct. 22) rightly underlines the need for strategic restraint on India's part in dealing with Pakistan vis- a-vis the Kashmir issue. We need not unnecessarily become hawkish about the growing U.S.-Pakistan entente. Whether we like it or not, Pakistan has emerged as the biggest player in the current Afghan crisis. Pakistan is important to the U.S. only till it wipes out the Afghanistan-based terrorist outfits.

Once this objective is achieved, the U.S. may find Pakistan an unnecessary burden, as it did over a decade ago after the Russian occupation of Afghanistan came to an end. India, with its huge market for consumer goods, always stands a good chance of making it to the America's favoured nations list, if that is what we want. So, the right strategy for us would be to maintain a diplomatic silence.

Raghav Venkatesh,

Gulbarga

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