NEW DELHI: Pakistan's pro-US tilt is the direct result of its "fear of India," says one of the thousands of documents the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) released earlier this month. "Pakistan's pro-Western orientation stems from her fear of India and USSR rather than any basic sympathy with capitalism or Christian civilisation. It is more negative than positive," an undated CIA document says. "Pakistan believes India has never accepted its independent existence and it wants to make it a weak buffer state under Indian hegemony. "India views Pakistan's strong ties with China with alarm and charges that Pakistan is using the Afghanistan crisis to strengthen itself against India.

Source: Times of India January 26, 2017 09:59 UTC