Pakistan United States Strategic and Nuclear Ties during Zia Regime 1979-1988
Abstract
Present article is an analysis of progressing trilateral relations ship Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the United States. After an era of Pakistan strong-arming to join the United States lead war terror, This Era from 1977 to 1988 was very important in the history of the World as well as Pakistan U.S associations. Pakistan is the core as well as the explanations. United States policymakers have come to realize that without Pakistan's support, it is not the potential to fight uprising that overlaps the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Pakistan Army and ISI informed ties with the militants, history will tell whether Pakistan will graduate to be a long term strategic partner of the United States. For time being, the end game appears to be reconciliations. With the rebellious and the exit of the United States forces from Afghanistan, Whether the Pakistan Military establishment will use its leverage over the Afghan and Taliban to help peace to the region or not remain nuclear. Historical president word Zia ul Haq to jimmy carter president United States. We did not need the peanut because of Pakistan's huge support and loss on the Afghanistan USSR war. To some extent, it depends on other players and whether they will continue to play a zero-sum game
Authors
Khalil ur Rehman
Ph D. Scholar, Department of Pakistan Studies, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
Muhammad Aslam Faiz
Ph D. Scholar, Department of Pakistan Studies, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
Dr. Khalil Ahmad
Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan