Pakistan Pushes Karzai to Drop U.S. as Ally, Turn to China
The Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had a message for Afghan President Hamid Karzai when he met with him in Kabul earlier this month: Want to make peace with the Taliban and revive your economy? Partner with us and our ally, China, not the U.S.
The Journal has learned that Gilani (pictured with Karzai above, during their April 16 meeting) informed Karzai that the Americans had failed both countries and that Afghanistan shouldn't allow the U.S., with its "imperial designs," to maintain a military presence in the country for an extended period.
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