US ignored Pak's nuclear proliferation to counter India: Docs
The US ignored Pakistan's nuclear proliferation in the 1970-80s to counter India's nuclear weapons, declassified documents showed. The then Pakistani dictator General Zia-ul-Haq and Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping convinced the US over aid to Pakistan, claiming India would be pro-Soviet. The US also ignored Pakistan's nuclear programme to gain its support against Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.