Pakistan has failed to take decisive action to crack down on Afghan militants on its territory, either by arresting known militants or restricting the flow of fighters and weapons across its border with Afghanistan, despite a suspension of $ 1.3 billion US military aid in January according to US officials. 
A senior official stated that “What I would say is they’ve done the bare minimum to appear responsive to our requests,”
The Options under consideration are:
- Revoking Pakistan’s status as a major non-NATO ally
- Permanently cutting off the U.S. military aid
- Imposing visa bans or other sanctions on individuals in the Pakistani government deemed responsible for providing support to the militants
America’s ties with Pakistan’s rival, India, continue to warm, as distrust between Washington and Islamabad grows. From where US stands, it sees India as a country increasingly aligned with Washington’s goals and that it shares its concerns about China’s military buildup.
The two countries who were rivals during the cold war era are now warming up to each other and have stepped up defense cooperation and the countries are now engaged in numerous joint military exercises.
Husain Haqqani, who is an outspoken critic of Pakistan’s militaryand served as the country’s ambassador to the United States from 2008 to 2011, portrays the U.S.-Pakistani relationship as a dysfunctional and unsustainable tie-up in his book Magnificent Delusions.
According to Haqqani, US and Pakistan have conflicting interests and it is time to face this harsh reality.
Haqqani told FP, that the alliance with Pakistan no longer makes sense for the United States because it undercuts U.S. policy in Afghanistan as well as its effort to build a strategic relationship with India against China, he also added that the alliance doesn’t make sense for Pakistan either.
Source: Washington Post
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