"What they don't realise is that it's impossible to keep those terrorist groups under control. "They still see India and, I think, for foreseeable future, will see India as an existential threat to the state of Pakistan. They're focusing on their economic future," he argued.But because the Pakistanis are so obsessed with this perceived existential threat, they've both organised their society in order to protect themselves from that threat. "And they use terrorism as a tool against the Indians... and then also in Afghanistan, because they fear Indian influence in Afghanistan. So they've created terrorist groups, right to be a tool of theirs in the struggle against India," Morell added.

Source: Economic Times May 03, 2019 05:26 UTC