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    Why Trump's bid to pressure Pakistan is no easy proposition

    Aug 28, 2017 4 minutes

    A few billion dollars in US military and hearts-and-minds assistance over several decades never really succeeded in convincing Pakistan to change course and stop harboring terrorist groups that wreak havoc in neighboring Afghanistan.

    So now President Trump is proposing something new to get Pakistan to sit up and take notice: a bigger role in Afghanistan for India.

    As part of the new Afghanistan policy he announced last week – a plan that signals an open-ended commitment to America’s longest war and includes a modest rise in the number of US troops engaged in it – Mr. Trump is calling on India, Pakistan’s archrival and a growing power in South Asia, to do more to help stabilize Afghanistan and the region.

    A difficult relationship'Get tough' policySetting up 'a serious conversation'

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