April 30: Eurasia Review report by Ubaid Ahmed states that President Trump began the year with a twitter message accusing Pakistan for deceit and lies. Nevertheless, United States was one of the first allies Pakistan had since its inception but both the countries had somewhat fraught relations for more than 30 years. Starting from the 1980s, the US gave arms and funding to Pakistan which was then used to train the Afghan Mujahedeen who fought the ‘big bear’ in Afghanistan. Later in 1990s the Afghan-Soviet War ended and the US withdrew from the region, thus leaving Pakistan in a betrayal. Then in early 1990s, Pakistan’s nuclear device was in the limelight which prompted the burden of sanctions and embargoes by the US on Pakistan.
Eurasia Review: Pak-US relations and a glimmer of hope
