Pakistan Expects To Get US Military 'Leftovers' In Afghanistan

Trucks near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border carrying US military supplies. Reuters

'Pakistan To Get First Call On US Military Leftovers In Afghanistan' -- Business Standard

Over the years, Washington has provided Islamabad an approximate $2.5 bn annually in military aid.

Along with the Taliban, Pakistan will be a massive gainer from America's troop drawdown from Afghanistan by end-2014. A top-level US official, speaking off-the-record, has told Business Standard that Pakistan will get first call on all the American military equipment that costs too much to be transported back to the US.

Washington believes it is obligated to Islamabad for bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table at Qatar, for discussions aimed at reducing violence in Afghanistan, which would smoothen the American troop drawdown this year and the next. Furthermore, Washington relies on Pakistan for overland transit from Afghanistan to Karachi, where heavy equipment is loaded onto cargo vessels bound for the US.

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My Comment: Why would the US give Pakistan the first call on all American military equipment and ignore the Afghan army that the US is spending billions to arm and train is completely beyond me. But such is the disorganization and lack of a coordinated policy coming from Washington.