India, Sept. 5 -- Top former US officials called on the Donald Trump administration to refrain from hyphenating India and Pakistan, saying that Washington should not have an "India-Pakistan policy".

In a joint op-ed published in Foreign Affairs, former National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and ex-deputy secretary of state Kurt Campbell argued that the US policy has tilted towards India in recent years, and there is a reason for that.

"Washington must also refrain from hyphenating its relations with India and Pakistan: there should be no 'India-Pakistan' policy. US diplomacy in recent years has been heavily weighted toward New Delhi for a reason. The United States has enduring interests in Pakistan in combating terrorism and limiting n...