In 2018, Donald Trump banned security assistance to Islamabad following frustrations over counter-terrorism cooperation. The Biden administration lifted the ban in 2022.
The words she wrote in our autograph book echo in my mind now: 'Mar kar bhi jo jeete hain, wohi jeete hain'—The only lives worth living are those remembered long after death.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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