NYT Revelation: Pakistan Diverting Chunks of Counter Terror Money Against India!
By Animesh Roul
Pakistan has been the largest recipient of Counter terror funds since 9/11. It’s Army has been receiving almost over USD 1 billion a year since 2002 under the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) towards meeting the expenses incurred by Pakistan to fight terrorists. With this count Washington administration has already spent more than USD 5 billion to bolster the Pakistani military campaign against al-qaeda/Taliban. If reports are to be believed, Pakistan has received an additional US 7.5 billion to USD 9.5 billion in CSF since 2002.
Today’s New York Times has a story which paints alarming picture about Pakistan’s intention and puts question marks against it’s role in the US led War on Terror campaign. According to the report, US aid worth billions of dollars, given to Islamabad administration towards counter terror efforts have been ‘wasted and much of it was diverted to help finance weapons systems designed to counter India rather than fight al-Qaeda/Taliban combine. Centre for Public Integrity, Washington had raised this issue in May this year (Billions in Aid, With No Accountability) while investigating CSF’s funding to Pakistan. The latest NYT report will raise some thinking eyebrows in the region, both within Hawks and Doves.