"Trouble and suspicion" will continue to persist between India and Pakistan unless the "root" issue of Kashmir was resolved,cricketer-turned- politician Imran Khan has said,asking the two countries to sit and work out a solution. "Unless and until Kashmir is resolved,I am afraid we will have trouble and suspicion. So,go to the root cause which is basically a political conflict,which is Kashmir. If that is resolved,I think,we will be able to deal with other issues," Khan said here. Asked to comment on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's observation that Pakistan should shed terrorism and choose friendship with India,Khan said Islamabad also has complained to India about its "involvement" in Baluchistan and Swat. "I think,the two countries should sit and work out (a solution). Let's not exchange intelligence about what is going on,what we are interfering,in each other's country through terrorism,but also address the root causes," he told newsmen at the Royal Commonwealth Society here last night. The Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman described as "madness" the ongoing military operation against Taliban and said it would only "help Al Qaeda" and "produce more militants". Asked what was the way out,Khan said "the only way is to have dialogue and form a government of consensus (in those areas). The current policy will only lead to blood letting". Claiming that Pakistan does not have a policy to win the war,Khan said: "To deal with 5,000 Taliban,the government has displaced 3 million people. Now they are asking them to go back. How are they going to rehabilitate these people". He said the Taliban were not terrorists but religious fundamentalists and the government should negotiate a deal. He said the real enemy was Al Qaeda who has the potential to hit western targets. "The current policy is pushing Taliban and Al Qaeda together," he said. The Pakistan army was being looked upon as "agents of US," he said,"If an effort is made to isolate Al Qaeda from the tribals,Al Qaeda could be targeted".
