Washington: The United States and India are intensifying cooperation on counterterrorism and intelligence-sharing, senior experts told lawmakers.

During the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia hearing on the US–India strategic partnership here on Wednesday (local time), eminent American experts on South Asia warned that Pakistan’s continued use of militant proxies and China’s expanding footprint in the region demand deeper alignment between Washington and New Delhi.

Sameer Lalwani of the German Marshall Fund told members that counterterrorism coordination between the two countries “goes back since the Mumbai attacks in 2008” and today encompasses “law enforcement, intelligence sharing… counterterrorism (and) counterterror financing.”

He cited India’s close coop

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