ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the major factors causing the disruption of the partnership. Thus, both Pakistan and the United States had entered into partnership largely for self-serving reasons rather than mutually congruent objectives. The United States (US) looked at the relationship from global perspective of the East-West conflict and as one of many other peripheral vital interests. Whereas Pakistan looked at it from regional perspective of its disputes with Afghanistan and India and as the anchor of its security, stability and economic development. After the Afghan war, America left Pakistan alone. This action was regarded in Pakistan as unfriendly, but in the United States estimation, Pakistan was more a liability than a gain. The Afghan crisis was the finest hour of US-Pakistan cooperation and understanding because the strength of the US-Pakistan partnership weakened Soviet power and Afghanistan became a 'bleeding wound' for the Soviet Union. The Reagan administration established a formal partnership with Pakistan to oppose the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan.
