Will India be assigned a major role?

ISLAMABAD In a bid to defend its interest in the region, Pakistan is said to have decided to walkout from the upcoming London Conference on Afghanistan, to be held on January 28, in case the Organisers offer India a leading role in Afghanistan.
Well-placed sources told TheNation on good authority that the message from the Presidency and PM Secretariat to the higher authorities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to defend countrys interest at any cost, at a meeting to be held in Dubai on 26 January, just two days before inaugural session of International conference on Afghanistan to be held in London.
Also, tough sessions of bilateral talks are expected between the government and US defense Secretary Roberts Gates who is arriving in Islamabad along with a 125-member delegation on Thursday (today) as the higher government authorities have planned to convey Pakistans reservations to him regarding Indians role in Afghanistan.
The Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has been told to make it very clear to major sponsors of the international conference on Afghanistan scheduled to be held in Dubai (on 26 January) and London (28 January) that Pakistan would never accept Indias major role in reconstruction and rehabilitation process in Afghanistan, sources said.
The diplomatic sources said, quoting Shah Mahmood Qureshi as saying; Pakistani delegation would walk out of the London Conference in case something goes wrong with its interests in the region.
However when contacted by TheNation Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi denied any knowledge of India being offered any major role in Afghanistan so the question of a walkout by Pakistan does not arise. 'Pakistan is going to cooperate with the world community with an open heart and mind and we are going to play a major role in Afghanistan.'
Despite Shah Mahmood's denial, however, reliable sources insist that the UK and US are planning to give India a major military role in Afghanistan. The two allies are said to have flexed their muscles to assign India the task of training the Afghan National Army - something it is already doing at a small level covertly and on that pretext already has its operatives in Afghanistan.
Defence analysts have proposed the Government move its troops back to its Eastern front and along the Chaman border area with Afghanistan where it is expected US boots may enter Pakistan on the ground. They have suggested the Government cease operations in FATA also.
It is on the record that the opposition parties have been demanding from the Government that it ask the US to use its influence and move the Indians out of Afghanistan. Recently the PML-N, PTI and JI have strongly criticised the existence of Indian consulates in Afghanistan along the border area with Pakistan be closed.
However, the government is yet to take any step in this regard.