In a move that has raised eyebrows across strategic circles, the United States has reportedly approved the transfer of advanced AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles to Pakistan, just weeks after a high-profile meeting between President Donald Trump and Pakistan’s Army Chief, General Asim Munir. The $2.5-billion contract modification, though officially described as a “foreign military sale update,” marks a striking thaw in relations long defined by mistrust, drone strikes, and double-speak.
Analysts see an uneasy déjà vu. The same America that once accused Pakistan of harboring Taliban operatives now calls it a “regional stabilizer.” Is Washington arming an ally or rehabilitating a partner it never fully trusted? For India, the timing appears particularly suspect, coming amid growing U.S.-India defense ties. In South Asia’s delicate power calculus, Washington’s new flirtation with Islamabad blurs the lines between diplomacy and duplicity reviving the eternal question; whose stability does America truly seek?
