From Partnership To Mistrust: The Trump Presidency And The Decline Of Pak-Us Relations

Abstract

Pakistan is a key ally of in the war of Afghanistan. This research paper is aim to analyze the fundamental change in the US policy towards Pakistan during the President Donald Trump era. After the US presidential elections in 2016, the policy makers in US changed their objectives towards Pakistan. The sixteen years struggle of US and NATO forces on the Afghan land was crashed by the Taliban and other militants groups. After 2016 the US changed its policies of Afghan issue and made Pakistan as the scapegoat. The allegations on Pakistan for the help of militants were installed on Pakistan to hide down the US mistaken ambition to control over the Afghan land. The US mission to search the Russian motives from Afghanistan was failed down. The US policy makers and other stake-holders of Afghan war wanted to escape from the war region as soon as it possible. All the war irresponsibility and irregularities were ignored at once and alone Pakistan was criticized to help the militants of Haqqani network and Talibanism. After the analysis, this paper has showed all the US steps against Pakistan during the Trump era. The aid and other reimbursements payments and all the policy of USA are critically examined in this paper during the president Trump period against the fundamental objectives and sovereignty of Pakistan.

Key Words: Haqqani network, India’s influence, Pakistan struggles, Trump administration, Taliban, USAID, war on terror