Afghanistan & Pakistan casting doubt on Obama’s plan to quell insurgents with help from China, India and Saudi Arabia

Bloomberg, here

"...Afghanistan and Pakistan are casting doubt on President Barack Obama’s plan to quell insurgents and stabilize their governments with help from China, India and Saudi Arabia.

Afghan and Pakistani officials say they are concerned the strategy of harnessing countries with often conflicting political and commercial interests in a “contact group” may not work. They caution that the U.S. risks entangling itself in a centuries-old arena for big-power rivalries......The Saudi government could help by cracking down on private citizens providing support for extremists in Pakistan and Afghanistan, said James Dobbins, the U.S. envoy to Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban. Saudi Arabia would benefit by quelling militant forces within its own borders..."