Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has accused India of playing a “great game” in Kabul after the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan by forging an alliance to train its security forces though Islamabad had bent backwards to offer such services free of cost.
“India is certainly -- certainly doing that. And unfortunately, the Afghan government is going along,” Musharraf said when asked if he saw a new great game beginning where Pakistan and India are competing for influence in Afghanistan.
He said countries in the region are seeking to fill the void left by the US after withdrawal of its troops in 2014.
The former Pakistan army chief said Afghan President Hamid Karzai has refused to accept Pakistan's offer of training its security personnel.
“...I have been bending backwards, asking President Karzai, we opened out all our training institutions free of cost. Come to Pakistan and we'll train you. Not one has come,” he said.
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