07-27-2010, 01:13 PM
NEW DELHI: India said on Monday that the scale of US military assistance to Pakistan was “disproportionate” to Islamabad’s needs and warned it could be used to target them. Defence Minister AK Antony said he had raised New Delhi’s concerns during talks last week with visiting US National Security Adviser James Jones and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen. “We feel that there is every possibility of diverting this sophisticated equipment against India,” he was quoted as saying at the Press Trust of India. India has previously protested the proposed delivery of unmanned US drones to Pakistan. India and Pakistan have fought three wars since the division of the Sub-continent in 1947, and their relationship is beset by mutual mistrust. Some 92,000 documents were released by web whistleblower Wikileaks on Sunday, containing previously untold details of the Afghan war through Pentagon files and field reports spanning from 2004 to the end of 2009. Washington sees Pakistan as integral to winning the war in Afghanistan, as Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked insurgents targeting coalition forces roam the mountainous region dividing the two countries. Pakistan receives more than one billion dollars a year from Washington for its help combating the militants.