Ex-Pakistan leader Pervez Musharraf hit out on Sunday at Afghan President Hamid Karzai for forging a training alliance with India, saying Islamabad had offered him similar help but been rebuffed.
'We've opened up all our training institutions free of cost. Come to Pakistan and we'll train you. Not one has come. What is his game?' Mr Musharraf told CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS program.
Musharraf, who ruled Pakistan as a military dictator and later as a civilian president between 2001 and 2008 said he had been 'bending backwards' for Mr Karzai to send people to Islamabad instead of New Delhi. He said that a phased pullout of US troops from Afghanistan, which is due to be completed by 2014, had pushed Mr Karzai closer to India.
'India is certainly - certainly doing that. And unfortunately, the Afghan government is going along,' the former general said, adding that countries in the region are seeking to to fill the void left by America. AFP
