A report by a group of eminent South Asian experts from 10 major American think tanks states that Pakistan’s military continues to support terrorist groups that attacks India to keep it “off balance” and to draw international mediation into the dispute over Kashmir.

The report titled ‘A New US Approach to Pakistan: Enforcing Aid Conditions without Cutting Ties’ states that, Pakistan’s military has often disrupted the nascent peace efforts pursued by the Indian and Pakistani civilian rulers, most notably in 1999 during the Kargil war.

“Pakistani military leaders continue to support terrorist groups that attack India in an effort to keep it off balance and to draw international mediation into the dispute with India over Kashmir,” said the report.

“Pakistan’s use of terrorist groups as part of its security and foreign policy is a function of its obsession with India, which it perceives as an existential threat. From an outside perspective, Pakistan’s paranoia regarding India is unfounded,” it said.

“Pakistan’s seemingly unconstrained expansion of its nuclear arsenal, particularly the development of tactical nuclear weapons and extended-range missile systems, also remains a cause for concern, especially with regard to India,” said the report co-authored by Lisa Curtis from The Heritage Foundation and Husain Haqqani, the former Pakistan Ambassador to the US, who is now with The Hudson Institute.

Other members who have co-authored the report are Col (retd.) John Gill, Professor from National Defense University; Anish Goel, from New America; Bruce Riedel from Brookings Institution; David S Sedney, Center for Strategic and International Studies; and Marvin Weinbaum from, Middle East Institute.

By Premji