Pakistan has in the past used terror outfits as a hedge to prevent India and an 'unfriendly' Afghan regime in the neighbourbood from undermining its interests, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said, cautioning that things might not have completely changed.

In an honest assessment of the situation in the Af-Pak region, Clinton acknowledged that the US policy of creating the 'mujahideen' to oust Soviet Union from Afghanistan has also boomeranged.

Clinton also said that Pakistan's policy vis a vis India and Afghanistan is "changing" for the better but added that she could not vouch for a complete U-turn.

"They (Pakistan) have in the past hedged against both India and an unfriendly regime in Afghanistan by supporting groups that will be their proxies in trying to prevent either India or an unfriendly Afghan Government from undermining their position," she said.

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