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Former President Pervez Musharraf, said that US Presidents support of India's bid will not be viewed favorably in Pakistan and is a perceptible more leaning toward India.In an interview with a US newspaper, Pervez Musharraf said that President Barack Obama should have added Pakistan to his Asia trip, given the central role Pakistan is playing in the war in Afghanistan. US President should have gone to Pakistan to give due importance to Pakistan, which is fighting extremism and terrorism in a lead role and being a strategic partner with the US on this issue so some importance should have been given to Pakistan, Musharraf added. Musharraf defended Pakistan's role in the ongoing Afghanistan war, saying the nation has lost many lives fighting militants and that ongoing drone strikes risk destabilizing the population. I do not think Pakistan is the problem but there is no doubt here is terrorism and extremism; where as the center of gravity of all of this is Afghanistan. Pakistan is the victim of all this and we need to see Pakistan sympathetically, Musharraf added.
