India, terrorism and the G20

Forums such as the G20 will not affirm the Indian position on countering global terror

India has been given much credit in its national media for the Hamburg G20 Leaders’ Statement on Countering Terrorism (HSCT) on July 7 and for singling out Pakistan — without naming it — as the one South Asian nation using terrorism as an instrument of state policy. 

Pakistani-based terrorist groups pose a regional and global security threat. But the 2017 HSCT does not mention any Pakistan-friendly extremists. Whether New Delhi wanted the HSCT to name terrorists trained by Pakistan is unknown. Had it tried, China, Pakistan’s all-weather friend,  would have probably have used its clout to stop India from condemning Pakistani-nurtured