New Delhi, May 17 -- Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Sunday cited Dr Paul Miller's book "Choosing Defeat: The Twenty-Year Saga of How America Lost Afghanistan", saying it details the US involvement in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021 and highlights Pakistan's "duplicitous role" during the conflict.

He said the analysis makes the current US approach towards Pakistan under President Donald Trump's second term "astonishing", especially after Operation Sindoor, and called it a diplomatic setback for India given Prime Minister Narendra Modi's early visit to the White House in February 2025, soon after Trump's return to office.

In a post on X, the Congress leader wrote, "Dr. Paul Miller has written a hugely informative history of the American invol...