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Naturally, this development is not palatable to US as not only it helps America’s ‘rival’ China to strengthen itself, but also makes Pakistan’s bondage with China stronger. How to reverse the Pakistani rulers from this course or how to face the consequences of growing Pakistan and China relationship are the questions of serious concern for the US. Another development is: US could not reap the expected fruits from its war of invasion in Afghanistan. Earlier, when Obama had declared the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, of course, there existed a govt. But it was most unpopular among the people. Vast areas of Afghanistan were controlled by the Taliban. The Afghan armed forces were facing heavy losses and defeats in the Taliban attacks in spite of having help and guidance from the US military officials who stayed back in Afghanistan. America’s so called peace diplomacy which sought to win over a section of Taliban by dividing them as “good” and “bad” Taliban has miserably failed. By the time Trump became the US President, the US Afghan policy was in a state of crisis. On the other side, other powers, including China were busy in enhancing their economic and political influences in Afghanistan taking advantage of US difficulties. Trump’s August 2017 new strategy for Afghanistan and South Asia came only in this wake: This strategy vowed to maintain an indefinite, ie., permanent, US occupation of Afghanistan and further intensify the military actions there. US dropped the ‘Mother of Bombs’ in Afghanistan 6 only as part of it. The ideas to deploy more US armed forces in Afghanistan, enhance India’s role in Afghanistan and the allegations that Pakistan was not taking decisive steps against the Taliban only came in the wake of this new strategy. In their experience, the Pakistani rulers came to see that the place and recognition they get from the US will depend on how best they can serve the US politics of domination. So while maintaining the relations with the US, they sought to develop relations with China whom they consider as dependable. Though the US has limited its criticism to Pakistan’s role in Afghanistan, all these developments have their impact on the growing rift between the US and Pakistani rulers. America’s question is straight and simple: ‘we paid you money to liquidate the terrorist groups, Afghan Taliban and Haqqani network. But you are not doing it effectively. Then, why should we pay you the money?’ In reply, the Pakistan leaders said: US is blaming Pakistan for the collective failure ...... in Afghanistan; huge sacrifices made by Pakistan are being trivialised by pushing it behind a monetary value – and that too an imagined one; bilateral co-operation in fighting terrorism has served US national security interests as well as the larger interests of the international community; working towards enduring peace requires mutual respect and trust along with patience and persistence. Pakistan’s opposition leader Imran Khan has reacted more sharply against the US. The people of Pakistan have widely come out expressing their protest against the whole attitude of US imperialists. It is time for the Pakistani rulers to re – examine and redefine their relations with the US imperialism. It is true that they acted as a tool of US imperialists in carrying out their strategy and politics of imposing US domination in South Asia. In Afghanistan, they helped the imperialists in brutally crushing the rights of Afghan people. In this course, they reduced themselves into those who work for the oppressors on a wage. For an oppressed nation like Pakistan helping the imperialist invaders in the suppression of another oppressed nation like Afghanistan is quite shameful. So what the Pakistan people and world people want from the Pakistani rulers is not begging America to give a ‘due recognition’ for the ‘ sacrifices’ they made in the course of serving the US imperialists, but to renounce and take a complete break once for ever from the shameful past. It seems the Indian ruling classes are happy with the growing rift between the US and Pakistan. But the kinds of relations the Indian rulers are developing with the US are basically no different. The relations are unequal and subservient. They are aimed at serving the US in imposing their domination over the Asia and Pacific region. By agreeing to play this role, they are only inviting a worst fate for our Country and people. The Indian people are totally opposed to this kind of India’s relationship with the US and they are already in struggle against it. ™ Class Struggle