India Denounces New U.S. Military Aid Pakistan

NEW DELHI:

India

has again condemned U.S. military aid to Pakistan, he said they are used by Islamabad against Indian interests, reported local media on Saturday.

India

“This (support) is used against us, which is a good gesture on the part of (the) United States and have raised this issue with them on several occasions, was Defence Minister AK Antony was quoted by the News Service Indo-Asian.

U.S. aid to Pakistan be viewed with concern by

India

and has been an irritant such as Washington seeks to improve strategic and economic ties with the emerging Asian power.

charges in India against Islamabad has received a boost after the witness in a trial linked to the attacks in

Bombay

in Chicago, said the Inter-Services Intelligence of Pakistan (ISI) and military elements of the raid coordinated plot left at least 166 people.

Pakistan has received 20.7 billion U.S. dollars in U.S. aid in the last decade, about two thirds of it military aid.

U.S. lawmakers have questioned the continuation of this support from the discovery and destruction by U.S. forces Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad earlier this month.

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